I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Often in television, you read a script and you're amazed that you get the scene given to you.
When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.
What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.
A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic behind the words. I have to be with the script for quite a long time before things start to fall into place, before they become part of the character.
Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
With some writers, the script looks beautiful on the page, but nobody actually speaks like that.
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.
And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about.
I like it when characters respond to things that are outrageous and movie-like in an authentic way.
I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.