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I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story.

I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story.

Thomas Lennon
Character, Thinking, Stories
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Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that.

Thomas Lennon
Book, Writing, Crafts
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The level of acting that I bring to films in three dimensions. I hope they make people sign some kind of waiver because if their mind explodes from my acting in 3D, it's not my fault.

Thomas Lennon
People, Mind, Acting
"Exclusive: Thomas Lennon on A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR CHRISTMAS 3D; Says There's a Lot of Nudity Including Showering Nuns". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 5, 2010.

I never thought I would write the way that I write for the studios now, which is like, not little novels, but be someone who literally is more like, you know, sometimes I guess we describe, we're more Salieri than Mozart.

Thomas Lennon
Writing, Littles, Way
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I need to be spontaneous sometimes. Sometimes I find that the little detail or nuance that you add to it that's based on what's happening at the time that's not very rehearsed often ends up feeling like the funniest thing.

Thomas Lennon
Feelings, Details, Add
"Exclusive: Thomas Lennon on A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR CHRISTMAS 3D; Says There's a Lot of Nudity Including Showering Nuns". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 5, 2010.

Before any movie of yours gets made, it will be vetted by the studio's marketing department. So, you do have to answer the question: Who is your movie for?

Thomas Lennon
Marketing, Answers, Made
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Being a working person who works for the studios. It's a minefield and there's tons of stuff you need to know. And people mess it up all the time.

Thomas Lennon
People, Stuff, Needs
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Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of a credit on maybe one movie, or none. So they're all theoretical.

Thomas Lennon
Book, Writing, People
Source: www.gq.com

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