I never thought I was very good at developing material. I grew up at the BBC where they sent you scripts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.
Personally, I read a lot of scripts.
I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.
I've read some scripts, but I don't read as many books as I should.
I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.
I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.
A lot of times you have to dip into the independent world to find the really great projects and the really great scripts. They're out there - you just have to search hard.
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.
Most of the scripts that land on my desk are stuff you read and go, 'Is someone really gonna make this?'
I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me.