I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.
Personally, I read a lot of scripts.
I look at scripts really for whether they can be moving or penetrate some kind of truth. You are constantly chasing that feeling as an actor when every part of a production comes together.
Theater is so precious about each word - not that it's a bad thing, but you definitely never stray from the script.
It slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down to write a script, I'm not planning to write a script; I'm planning to make a film, and so I only see the script as being just a step there.
Scripts are corny and predictable. Real life is always better.
A script is like a theory of a movie.
I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people.
Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now.
A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If you're not thinking of that end product, there's going to be a disconnect.