Scott Frank Quotes

United States, Writer
March 10, 1960

A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and author. He has earned two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations, for Out of Sight (1998) and Logan (2017).

I usually write very few stage directions. I think a lot of that is a waste of time. The art of screenwriting is in its terseness, saying a lot with a little. I have no patience when I read a script where the writer describes this guy and what he's wearing and his glasses and his hair.

Scott Frank
- Thinking
- Writing
- Art
I'm not the writer who says, "You have to say it exactly as I wrote it," because you don't get good work. You want somebody who's going to bring something interesting to it and really create a character with you. You see that with certain actors.

Scott Frank

I like to look on the bright side: Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

Scott Frank
- Death
- Looks
- Alive