I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For me, my first hearing of the script matters. It has to excite me as an actor and as an audience.
A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.
If the script is right, I'm not above doing a movie with broad appeal.
I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.
I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people.
I read a lot of scripts, so I know by page 25 if I like it or not.
It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script.
I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.
For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.
I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole.