I don't write anything off without reading a script, and if it's a good one, I'll consider it, whether it's for $20 or a million dollars.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.
If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script.
If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.
I get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.
I read the script. If I like it, I would do anything I am asked to.
If I read the right script, if that script needs $5 million, if that script needs $50 million, I don't care. If I read a project that's beautiful, that I really want to make, whatever it needs, it needs.
It's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.
Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing.
I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.