I thought 'ER' was a really good script, but I didn't have any inkling that it would become the phenomenon that it did, and I don't think anybody did back then.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career. I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before 'ER' happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him.
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.
When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.
Personally, I read a lot of scripts.
The painful part of being a new writer on 'ER' is that you come on with all these great ideas, and you find out we've already done them.
'Argo' was a great script from day one. I don't think we knew that it was going to be such a success.
It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.
I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.
For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.
The first script I got was Narc and I really responded to it; it reminded me of a '70s type movie, I really liked the characters, I didn't anticipate the ending.