scriptwriter

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someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas

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Once I'm committed to a role, I will go very deep into it, even when I'm not at work. I'll keep on studying the script, maybe 40 or 50 times. I might call a scriptwriter at three in the morning to say I've thought of something new. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter. Michael Caine

In my first film, we always tried to have a script and work in a normal way, but I was constantly changing things during shooting. Because I worked as a scriptwriter for 10 years, I understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. Wong Kar-wai

For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban. Julian Fellowes

Some novels present a story form many points of view. Most movies tell only one person's side of the story. Sometime it's easy to use the strongest point of view, or find the character with the most dramatic experience. It depends on which themes the scriptwriter wants to explore. Seth Grahame-Smith

My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl. Kristen Stewart

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