#screen

We all were there for the readings, the screen tests, and we knew. We knew Dustin was the guy right away. ↗

— Buck Henry

#dustin #guy #knew #readings #right

If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#always #best #comedy #down #funny

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#having #his #hitchcock #i #just

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#closely #director #gary #gary ross #him

On 'Into The Wild' I spent months risking my life and on 'Speed Racer' I spent 60 days acting in front of a green screen. No danger to my physical self, but I sure had to use my imagination. ↗

— Emile Hirsch

#danger #days #front #green #green screen

Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is what one's after. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#after #another #bars #conducted #getting

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film. ↗

— Todd Barry

#cd #film #finish #i #make

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#craft #different #fiction #otherwise #play

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#about #bed #book #computer #computer screen

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#cliff #drives #like #off #screenplay