Scott Aukerman Quotes

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man.

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.

I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to make another movie.

The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas.

I have a lot of incomplete short films and incomplete scripts out there.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

It took 17 years to get 'Rambling Rose' made from the time Calder Willingham wrote the script adapted from his novel. Ed Scherick, the producer, was interested in it. Martha Coolidge was interested in directing it.

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.

It's incredibly, incredibly difficult to get a movie made.

Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.

'Hardware' came about because I had written quite a few scripts and hadn't had any luck getting them made.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

I wrote a few unsuccessful screenplays before I wrote 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.' I wrote them as television plays that never got made. I'm glad I wrote them - I think it was a good experience.

'The Full Monty' was my first feature script, and I wasn't that skilled at it.

Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.

It's always this grand search in the industry to find good material. Whenever there is good material, they all jump on it, and it's like a food fight to get it made. That's why so many things take years and years to develop because it all shows up on screen.

It's really hard to sell a script, and it's even harder to get a movie made. It just almost never happens.

If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not a good movie for me to make.

You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it.

I take time to write my script, if I have more scripts, I will make more movies.

I finished 'Hell or High Water' and started writing 'Wind River' literally the next day.

A producer friend of mine from film school had read some of my early screenplays - some experiments I had done to see how fast I could write something.

Usually when I write a movie, I'm lucky if I get one good actress.