#screenplay

The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House. ↗

— Harold Ramis

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I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and characters and relationships. ↗

— William Baldwin

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I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey. ↗

— John Irving

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Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song. ↗

— Kelly Jones

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When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again. ↗

— Richard Russo

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You use simple brushstrokes in a screenplay for things over which you would take much greater pains in a novel. ↗

— Richard Russo

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I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer. ↗

— Rachel Griffiths

#developing #i #moment #producer #screenplays

I quickly, swiftly, reach in, pluck out, and peer into the mirror. 'I am still here.' I am in the glass, in this moment. After this moment, I may not be here; I may be a person who does not know where she is, or why. I leave the kitchen table to bathe, and to dress for church. If only my closet held on its shelves an array of faces I could wear rather than dresses, I would know which face to put on today. As for the dresses, I haven't a clue. ↗

— Tim Cummings

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I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays. ↗

— Beth Henley

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Most film directors do not come up with their own subjects or write their own screenplays. ↗

— Thomas Harrison

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