I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.
There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.
I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.
It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character.
I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.
Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn't have to be anything - it doesn't have to be the main character, it doesn't have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo - anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.
The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters.
A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.
If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.
I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot.
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