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Well-written words are music.
I like going after good material, well-written material.
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas.
I don't think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.
When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.
Party of Five won a Golden Globe, it was a well-written television series.
It's so rare that you actually get to find a really well-written female lead.
I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people.
If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.
I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material.
Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.
A lot of actors, we aren't that special; you get a well-written scene, and it's virtually actor-proof.
What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.
A well-written novel, the most immersive of all forms of storytelling, should command your full attention and belief.
Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
A script like 'The Sixth Sense' is fun to read: It's so well-written, and you get a vivid sense of what's going to be onscreen.
My hope is always to be able to find well-written, interesting material with good people and then actually be able to get those jobs.
A well-written character is one where you don't know in which direction it's going; the character could spring a surprise any moment.
'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought the character was genius. It was so well-written.
I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.
I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has in the United States.
If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script.
I think I would choose to do things because they are interesting, because I like a character or because it's very well-written. Or because it makes sense.
Any role that is well-written, exciting and something that I am comfortable with interests me whether it's comic or tragic. It could be in a film, play or TV.
Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to sign up and do some acting.
If something is well-written, it has a chance to be good and if it's not well-written, it will not be good. It could even become popular, but it won't be good.
Well-written plays deserve to be learned from and understood properly, both by actors and audiences alike, and Rattigan's very human characters help us do that.
I abhor badly-written characters and any character, be it man, woman, any character in the film. If it is a well-written character, it will come across as strong.
I think you have to be in an insane stratosphere in terms of fame in order to get offered really well-written scripts. Amanda Peet is definitely not in that group.
As an actor, I would never agree if a newcomer doesn't give me a final word on the script. If it is well-written, then you need not speak to me. I will speak for you.
For an actor, his job becomes easy, when his character is described well on the paper. With a well-written role, it becomes simpler to design and understand your character.
We still go to nonfiction for content. And if it's well-written, that's a bonus. But we don't often talk about the nonfiction work of art. That's what I'm very interested in.
I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.
I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.
When a director from Hindi cinema is looking for an actor from another language, it will be only because he feels the character justifies this and that can only be for a well-written character.
I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality.
In my latest 'Mirzapur,' I had no pressure actually to match up the level of other people in terms of performance because all of our characters were well-written. So there was no sense of insecurity.
In TV, I did scripts that were not well-written, and I learned how to make bad material okay. That's a hard thing to do; you can learn bad habits, but you can also learn to find something in anything.
Well-written novels make you more empathetic towards other people. You can identify with someone who isn't you. You can change your identity. A 14-year-old boy can become Anna Karenina. It is a miracle.
You have to have a strong idea for a hit movie, a strong core idea that resonates emotionally. It also has to technically achieve its goal - it's got to be well-written, well-paced, and interestingly told.
And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare play, or any well-written play, Arthur Miller, whatever - and say things you could never imagine saying, never imagine thinking in your own life.
In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
For a woman, there is a complete dearth of roles to do. Abroad, you really have good roles, and by good roles, I don't mean the film has to be women oriented. I wouldn't mind playing a well-written, small role.
Basically, I would like to be considered for roles that are well-written. I think that part of the problem that we've had as actors is that they insist on looking at us as Latino actors and not as actors, period.
I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment.
Women are given their due, and I think female-centric roles are also well-written. But it doesn't matter who is in the centre - a male or female. As long as it is an entertaining, gripping film, people just enjoy it.