George Burns Quotes

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.

I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American.

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.

At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.

I look at scripts as good or bad. If it's bad, it better pay a lot of money.

I'll do anything usually if there's money involved and little work.

If somebody sent me a good script, I would do it, and I mean that, but it never happens. Not once. I can't even point to an exception.

My friends, we all improvise together usually. So we write what I think is a good script but always leave a lot of room to find stuff on the day; and we always do find something. That's the advantage to having actors who are, in their own right, writers.

If you only do it for money, that's only what you get.

If making movies was easier, there'd be a lot more good movies. So you kind of learn that if it's just a good script, or if it's just a good producer, that's not always enough. You need an entire team of creative people coming together.

I don't want this big stardom thing. I just want a good script.

On 'Stranger Than Fiction,' the script was so good that I stuck to every line because it was just such brilliant writing from Zach Helm that I felt like I really just want to shoot the page.

You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.

You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing.

When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next.

What kind of moron would go to work for half the amount of money, when they could sit at home and collect what's written in a contract?

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

I still take work if I think it's good. If I like the script, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't.

I'm quite curious and excited about seeing a new script for 'Blade Runner.' If, in fact, the opportunity would exist to do another, if it's a good script, I would be very anxious to work with Ridley Scott again; he's a very talented and passionate filmmaker. And I think it would be very interesting to revisit the character.

Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.

With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily.