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Great Script Quotes

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The consensus across these quotes is blunt: pairing a strong script with a weak director rarely works, even if a great director can occasionally save a mediocre one. Writing a truly great script, several agree, is close to impossible.

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

Quotes by Tony Scott

I would like to direct a sitcom like 'Sumit Sambhal Lega.' It was interesting. It had a great script also.

Quotes by Satish Kaushik

If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a...

Quotes by Monica Bellucci

Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.

Quotes by Michael Arndt

Creativity Quotes

What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.

Quotes by Laura Linney

The bottom line is, it's a great script and that's very inspiring and makes you want to overcome whatever technical difficulties you come up against.

Quotes by John Crowley

'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score.

Quotes by Jerry Weintraub

Producing is a way of finding a great script that nobody's making, and believing in it, and doing what you can to get it made. It lets you work with your friends, people you really love to do something with.

Quotes by Ellen Page

I was hired to do this one great script called 'Cap'n Ricky' and that project is up in the air at the moment.

Quotes by David Wain

Emotion Quotes

A great script might come my way, and I could be in the middle of music. So, it's a huge choice that I have to make - if I'm going to go do a movie or if I'm going to...

Quotes by Christina Milian

Talent is a combination of perfect comic timing, diction, modulation, great script writing and most importantly, an invincible will, if you may call it so.

Quotes by Brahmanandam

It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more...

Quotes by Blair Underwood

Tone is so important because you can have a great script just be ruined with the wrong director - if they shtick it up or something. With 'Little Miss Sunshine,' I was so concerned they weren't going to play the...

Quotes by Beth Grant

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these 'Great Script' quotes agree on?
That the script is the foundation everything else depends on — a great director can elevate a decent script, but a weak director tends to sink even a great one.
Why would someone search for quotes about screenwriting?
They're useful for anyone talking about the craft of storytelling, from film students to working writers explaining why the page matters more than the budget.
Is writing a great script described as easy?
No — one quote calls it almost an impossible task, distinguishing sharply between a script that's merely good and one that's genuinely great.
Is there a quote naming a specific film?
Yes — one references 'True Romance' as a script that arrived essentially finished, needing no changes at all.
What's the emotional takeaway from this set?
That a truly great script can carry a crew through real technical setbacks, which is as much about impact and creativity as it is about plot mechanics.

There's real respect here for storytelling craft — the idea that a script's quality alone can push a crew through setbacks nobody planned for. See Creativity quotes for more on where that comes from.