If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it’s that they’re almost entirely scripted.
I don’t smile or talk before 10 A.M. unless it’s scripted.
I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.
I take it very seriously, music. I think it’s one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue.
I think a big bucket list item for me and Jonathan is to produce some of our own scripted films and series.
Reality in America is heavily scripted, very edited, and they have a say in what goes on TV and what doesn’t.
What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it’s rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character, or how you feel about the show.
Reality shows take up so much programming. They take up slots from scripted shows that could be about something.
Attack politics costs us dearly in terms of insight into the candidates. In a presidential campaign, the focus is so tight that the politicians are afraid to say anything that hasn’t been scripted.
I don’t mind doing scripted material. It’s actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet.
I want to create and write scripted and unscripted shows, digital shows, stage shows.
I’m Muhammad Ali’s daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don’t necessarily try to put on a show. That’s what my father’s thing was, and he was great at it. Everything I say is because I feel it, and it comes out of my mouth. It’s not scripted.
I really like scripted dramas. My favorite show of all time would have to be ‘Lost’: I loved how the writers and producers were able to weave the different storylines together; and the acting in that show was incredible.
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