Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Mamet

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.

David Mamet

Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed.

Colin Baker

I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.

Jack Nicholson

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.

Isaac Newton

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.

Gena Rowlands

I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

Gena Rowlands

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

Jon Favreau

I remember the first script I wrote after 'Swingers' was a Western, and I just couldn't get it made.

I have this group of friends that I'll send my scripts to before I send them to a large audience.

Dan Castellaneta

If I were actually Homer Simpson, I'd be getting scripts out the wazoo.

Amar'e Stoudemire

I try to celebrate all the holidays that the Scriptures talk about.

Catherine Hardwicke

The script for 'Thirteen' is tight, and not because of the now-famous six day writing spree, but more because it started out as 15 pages longer.

Michael Jai White

I've sold scripts in the past, and also a TV pilot that didn't get made, to Fox. But yeah, I've been writing for a while.

Jerry Bridges

Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.

George Muller

If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.

George Muller

Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.

Jason Statham

I'm not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material. If you have the filmmaker, and the material, and the script is good, you can start from there.

Mike Cooley

Live it like its gospel , quote it like its scripture.

Nicholas Jarecki

I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.

John Noble

I don't know how I absorb things, but I do. I just absorb them. I don't over read the script, and I don't really ever spend much time learning it.

John Newton

Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide.

Martin Luther

Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing

Martin Luther

I greatly fear that the universities, unless they teach the Holy Scriptures diligently and impress them on the young students, are wide gates to hell.

Martin Luther

When the Scripture speaks, God speaks

Martin Luther

Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.

Martin Luther

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

Jon Hurwitz

A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.

Mahatma Gandhi

The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism.

Mahatma Gandhi

My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.

Meg Ryan

I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.

Orlando Bloom

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.

Om Puri

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

JoBeth Williams

I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.