Melanie Lynskey Quotes

I like scripts. I spend a lot of time writing them.

As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur.

I didn't like the script [of Aquarius], I loved it.

There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.

Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.

My main source of reading is scripts, which doesn't leave a whole lot of room for books.

For all the hundreds of scripts that are out there, there's not that many that are amazing.

The simplicity I felt hearing the script of 'Panchayat' was so good. I came back home with such a happy feeling, I wanted to work on the show immediately.

Roger [Corman] didn't actually hire me, though. I was hired by AIP [American International Pictures], the studio that made the picture, which was Sam Arkoff and Jim Nicholson. It was a great learning experience for me, because not only did I work on the script, but they hired me back to go on location when they were making the movie, to write new scenes and so forth.

I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way.

In an ideal world the script is written lean and tight and therefore there are no scenes left on the cuttring room floor and therefore no extended edition.

The only thing that works is a good script!

I enjoy writing scripts. I can find out what happens. With an outline, I feel like I'm doing an architectural diagram of something.

I'm always trying to work on scripts. I'm pretty selective. Sometimes maybe too much because I'm broke .

I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.

You have to write a lot of scripts to get any scripts that are worth making.

When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.

Everything is in a script for a reason, and only by being part of a writing team (or writing it yourself), do you really understand the intention of every beat.

The script is your map of the world, isn't it? And if someone knows that if it's well-written, you get all of the beats, it will tell you everything you need to know.

I'm a big believer that the script is your bible.

I just have so many scripts to read!

When you have great scripts, everything is very easy and fun.

Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest intention in the world don't write for actors. They don't understand the architecture of what an actor needs to get from point A to point B.