I do think the first time you read a script, that gut response is very important, and that probably plants a seed that continues to blossom throughout the whole experience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The first thing, when I read the script, is that I need to care about what happens and feel compelled by the story and engaged by the characters. It needs to resonate with me, even if what the characters are going through is not something that I have experienced in my life. I have to feel like it has some sort of meaning to me.
When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.
Sometimes you're reading something, and you don't know it will be important in your life. You're reading this script, and you start to get involved. It's not an intellectual experience.
When you read a script, you get a feeling from it.
When you first read a script is the purest moment. That's when you can understand how an audience will ultimately receive it. The first reading of the script is so important because you're experiencing it all for the first time, and it's then that you really know if it's going to work or not.
I am very instinctive when it comes to a script.
I really think that reading a whole script is kind of prying and neurotic, don't you?
My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'
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.
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