Victoria Pratt Quotes

I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people.

Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.'

It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.

For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.

Writing a script is hard, I've discovered.

I have always wanted to be more interested in scripts.

I never approach an actor till I have finished the script.

I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'

I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying to inject into a story.

When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.

Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with.

If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.

'Safe' was a script that I read and flipped out for.

Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if you're seeing the movie, you know it's something different.

I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good.

I get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.

Sometimes reading scripts is terrible.

I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.

I've never had a written script.

I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You can't rely on readers.

I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.

To try to create a character without a whole lot of information can be taxing. At the same time, it's fun to just stay on your toes and let the next bit of dialogue come in, and turn the page as you read the next script and see what they have in store for you next.

A lot of the time the film chooses me. I'll be working and I'll get a call from my agent and I'll get the script and then tell him what I think.