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For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

For me, my first hearing of the script matters. It has to excite me as an actor and as an audience.

Any film I do needs to excite me at a script level.

Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.

If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.

No other aspect of filmmaking has tempted me to do a film other than the script and the story itself.

I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will play to film's strengths.

I enjoy the details. I enjoy coming up with ideas for improving the script, changing scenes and deciding what locations and wardrobe should be - the process of making a film.

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

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.