Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.
I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
I wrote the screenplay for 'This Is Where I Leave You' - all 40 drafts of it.
In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.
I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.
If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.
My back went out and I gained 40 pounds while sweating over 'Perestroika.' It was incredibly hard, the hardest thing I had to do before the screenplay to 'Lincoln.'
I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.