The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do it this way.' They describe what they want, then letting the writer figure out a way to do it.
When I am writing I don't set a certain number of pages. I do know that the further into a script I get the faster it goes. As soon as you start maki… - Steven Zaillian
When I am writing I don't set a certain number of pages. I do know that the further into a script I get the faster it goes. As soon as you start maki…
- Steven Zaillian
I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes. - Steven Zaillian
I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.
The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do… - Steven Zaillian
The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do…
People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage. - Steven Zaillian
People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.
I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like there was a good reason why they were not made… - Steven Zaillian
I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like there was a good reason why they were not made…
I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things. - Steven Zaillian
I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.
I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies. - Steven Zaillian
I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies.
You do a draft and you get more notes. You start to get the feeling that this either isn't going to happen or it is going to take a really long time … - Steven Zaillian
You do a draft and you get more notes. You start to get the feeling that this either isn't going to happen or it is going to take a really long time …
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