A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
QUENTIN TARANTINOIf you want to make a movie, make it. Don’t wait for a grant, don’t wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.
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The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.
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L.A. is so big that if you don’t actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain to my hand as far as the pen is concerned and go with the moment and go with my guts.
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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.
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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.
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.
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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.
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One can be inclined to just say, “F this political correctness! I don’t have time for that!”
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I’m basically like, you know, learned pretty quickly the guy who throws the first punch usually wins, so when people gave me a hard time I just punched them.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
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I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can’t do storyboards because I can’t really draw and that’s what they live and die on.
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It’s nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.
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