I can't compete with the Michael Bays of the world in regard to special effects and that kind of stuff. But you can compete in the dialogue and the one liners and the original characterisations and I think that's what people are responding to.
I like Quentin Tarantino, especially the early films, but I'm a big fan of Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges... you know, people were writing great di… - John Michael Mcdonagh
I like Quentin Tarantino, especially the early films, but I'm a big fan of Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges... you know, people were writing great di…
- John Michael Mcdonagh
I had a bad experience on Ned Kelly, which I'd written the screenplay for. I thought: "Well Jesus, if these are the type of people directing movies I… - John Michael Mcdonagh
I had a bad experience on Ned Kelly, which I'd written the screenplay for. I thought: "Well Jesus, if these are the type of people directing movies I…
Sometimes I might go too far with the pretentious references, which I might not do again. But when you're writing, you're sitting alone in a room so … - John Michael Mcdonagh
Sometimes I might go too far with the pretentious references, which I might not do again. But when you're writing, you're sitting alone in a room so …
Eventually, in the editing movie you have to look at it as if you hadn't written it. So, you have to be a bit more brutal. - John Michael Mcdonagh
Eventually, in the editing movie you have to look at it as if you hadn't written it. So, you have to be a bit more brutal.
Basically, you can't make a pop culture reference now without someone saying it's Tarantino-esque or post-Tarantino and I'm like where's that all com… - John Michael Mcdonagh
Basically, you can't make a pop culture reference now without someone saying it's Tarantino-esque or post-Tarantino and I'm like where's that all com…
When you've written a script, if an actor has a question you're the writer as well as the director, so you have the answer. And if you don't, then yo… - John Michael Mcdonagh
When you've written a script, if an actor has a question you're the writer as well as the director, so you have the answer. And if you don't, then yo…
The thing with America is that... however you want to denigrate them for being crass or whatever, with a film that they like and think is well writte… - John Michael Mcdonagh
The thing with America is that... however you want to denigrate them for being crass or whatever, with a film that they like and think is well writte…
I presume that each country will have a different response to each joke. But mostly what I've seen is that everyone has the same response. The line a… - John Michael Mcdonagh
I presume that each country will have a different response to each joke. But mostly what I've seen is that everyone has the same response. The line a…
I can't compete with the Michael Bays of the world in regard to special effects and that kind of stuff. But you can compete in the dialogue and the o… - John Michael Mcdonagh
I can't compete with the Michael Bays of the world in regard to special effects and that kind of stuff. But you can compete in the dialogue and the o…
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