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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'

For me, the script is important. If it excites me, I'll do the film.

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

I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script.

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.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.

I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you're going to get that next script and you're done.