Tony Gilroy quotes
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“I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?”
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“I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.”
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“I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Bourne Legacy Cast Interview". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca.
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“I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.”
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“I prefer writing originals.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Talking With Tony Gilroy". The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. September 27, 2007.
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“I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.”
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“I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Writer/Director Tony Gilroy Talks THE BOURNE LEGACY, Deleted Scenes, the Franchise Going Forward, His Thoughts on IMAX and More". Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 12, 2012.
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“I've never taken a job on anything I didn't want to do.”
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“If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done.”
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“No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter.”
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“Once a film costs a certain amount of money, things have to round off.”
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“I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.”
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“I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.”
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“I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time.”
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“You change or you hide your head in the sand.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Tony Gilroy on The Bourne Legacy: 'Fear changes everything'" by Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2012.
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“The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel.”
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“I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Writer/Director Tony Gilroy Talks THE BOURNE LEGACY, Deleted Scenes, the Franchise Going Forward, His Thoughts on IMAX and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 12, 2012.
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“You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.”
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“A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Twister" by D. T. Max, www.newyorker.com. March 16, 2009.
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“Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Tony Gilroy on The Bourne Legacy: 'Fear changes everything'" by Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2012.
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“Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Talking With Tony Gilroy". Online discuss, www.washingtonpost.com. September 27, 2007.
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“Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world.”
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“Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Tony Gilroy on The Bourne Legacy: 'Fear changes everything'" by Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2012.
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“I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Interview: Michael Clayton Director Tony Gilroy". Interview with Alex Vo, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. October 12, 2007.
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“The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.”
-- Tony GilroySource : "Bourne Legacy Cast Interview". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca.
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