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Tom Skerritt
American
Actor
About the author
Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#Being
As a very experienced writer once told me, 'It's in the rewrites'.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#Writer
One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what one has experienced and understood about the human condition as it relates to the role one has been hired to portray.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#People
#Responsibility
#Money
#Writer
I'm currently trying to direct my own material.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#Trying
Rarely ever see or meet the writer during shooting.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#Writer
TV writing is different than other mediums, involving the writer.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#Writing
#Writer
Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#Will
#Vision
#Succeed
Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.
Tom Skerritt,
American
Actor
#Vision