Heather Graham Quotes
In my own life, I've written scripts that I want to direct, so I would love to take my own creativity in a way where I could tell my own story. That does inspire me, the idea of becoming a director.
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I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.'
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The script [for the movie based on the life of singer Connie Francis -- "Who's Sorry Now?"] is finished and is in the hands of several artists to see if somebody wants to film at the start of [2006].
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Would you believe, I am still offered scripts and projects all the time?
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This script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior.
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It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.
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Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.
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What made me want to be on it was reading a really good script, and being compelled by and attracted to the characters. I really loved Maura Isles, who was very fascinating to me.
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I try to have a balance of things you like and things you don't like about a character. But once you start that, all these scripts are like, "You play the douchebag friend of Ashton Kutcher." It's all these characters that are overconfident or hyper-masculine.
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I believe I am God's favorite comedian. I think he is a really big comedy writer. He writes scripts. And I just follow along.
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All great scripts need not reach silver screen, and every good story can't be narrated in a 2-hour film.
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There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.
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I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.
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Music is for theater like theater is for scripts. It's total: it's cyclical.
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I'm always trying to work on scripts. I'm pretty selective. Sometimes maybe too much because I'm broke .
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I don't think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow. Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we've already been. They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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As a character, you're working within the realm of what's on the script page.
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I let the scripts basically be my Bible.
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I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.
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Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.
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The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.
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I think that humanity is at an all-time low in how we value life, especially among young Black people. We just don't really value each other's lives .
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I was at a family friend's house and in true Jamaican style we celebrated with food. I relived every single emotionit was a moving experience. I am super-happy with all the love and support I am getting from my Jamaicans and Caribbean people.
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In my own life, I've written scripts that I want to direct, so I would love to take my own creativity in a way where I could tell my own story. That does inspire me, the idea of becoming a director.
