I got fired from a movie that ended up being called 'Windows,' which Gordon Willis, the cinematographer, directed. I got fired because he refused to cast Meryl Streep, who at the time was at Yale. I told him I thought he was an idiot, and he fired me. Scott Rudin callcastcinematographer share on social
Years ago when I was at Fox, I was the executive on 'Raising Arizona.' Scott Rudin agoarizonaexecutive Change image and share on social
'The Social Network' was probably one of the two or three things I've done in my life that I'm most proud of. I'm not going to engage in what about it was disappointing. There's nothing about it I was disappointed in. Scott Rudin disappointengagehave share on social
You read a script, you try and think through what is the best, most wide-ranging way of telling the story: who stylistically, character-logically, psychologically fits inside the world of what you're trying to do. A lot of it, when you're casting, is trying to get yourself in the head of a director. Scott Rudin castcharacterdirector share on social
I don't particularly have a wide social circle. Scott Rudin circlesocialwide Change image and share on social
You want reviews to come the week the movie's opening and not a month before when they do you absolutely no good. Scott Rudin absolutelygoodmonth Change image and share on social
Anybody who understands how a movie gets made understands that a deep-pockets player is not going to make a movie that has anything defamatory in it without protections. Scott Rudin deepdefamatorymake Change image and share on social
Private emails between friends and colleagues written in haste and without much thought or sensitivity, even when the content of them is meant to be in jest, can result in offense where none was intended. Scott Rudin colleaguecontentemail share on social
You always feel the ground rumbling beneath your feet, and if you don't, you're an idiot. Mostly because it is rumbling beneath your feet, and there is always someone who is coming up behind you who is as good, younger, and, at least as you perceive it, has more energy and more nimbleness than you. Scott Rudin beneathcomeenergy share on social
I want to be able to go wherever I want to go, do whatever I want to do. I guard the material and the filmmaker. Scott Rudin filmmakerguardmaterial Change image and share on social