I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them. It's my job to treat them with respect and to just look at it from their point of view.
I didnt go to film school, i went to films
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
I've always said Thomas Edison invented the movie camera to show people killing and kissing.
I won't even think about acting in a role where I didn't do a back story for a character.
To really get to know people and discover humanity, which is what I truly think writers and actors do, you've got to be interested in other human beings, you have to be interested in humanity in general, and you have to do some discovering of humanity and different people.
I've always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that's like my last draft of the screenplay.
If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.
I laugh all the time. I'm an easy laugher. You can find me on any set, because I'm always laughing.
If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.
Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you're not that good. You just reached the level here. I don't ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.
I steal from every movie ever made.
One thing I don't understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.
You should be semi-embarrasse d about certain people seeing your movie.
I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
If I'm doing my job right, then I'm not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I'm just jotting it down.
Emotion will always win over coolness and cleverness. It's when a scene works emotionally and it's cool and clever, then it's great. That's what you want.
If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn't make the movie any better, just as if it's ignored that doesn't make the movie any worse.
The way I write is really like putting one foot in front of the other. I really let the characters do most of the work, they start talking and they just lead the way.
Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race.
There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
Violence is fun, man.
