All Douglas Wood Quotes
Originality is, for me, the most important quality in a script.
Douglas Wood
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I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen.
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I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston.
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I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes, judgements or sensibility on the project.
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Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love.
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Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue.
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All of the material for The Fine Line was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted.
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I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust.
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I know a lot of people in the business recommend the many Story Structure seminars being offered here, but I point to them as the single biggest contributor to lousy scripts.
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The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards.
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Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case.
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