I always feel this huge responsibility to the script when it arrives, keeping it confidential.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way.
I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.
For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.
Personally, I'm a little more confident when I have a script.
I am very instinctive when it comes to a script.
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.
I feel like if you feel good about a script, and you feel confident about your ability to direct and just capture it right, it's all just, really, really in your favor there.
Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.
I always write the script by myself.
I think that it's fun to get the script and open it like a Christmas present. That's 'Alcatraz' or anything that I'm working on. If the groundwork has been laid too much, the surprises aren't there.