Its such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, Action! Its like being a little mini-god.
Because I've been at it so long and very steadily, I have a lot of credits, but I probably have twice as many scripts that were never made for whatev… - Brian Helgeland
Because I've been at it so long and very steadily, I have a lot of credits, but I probably have twice as many scripts that were never made for whatev…
- Brian Helgeland
I think there's something strange about writing a script I've written many, many scripts - dozens and dozens of scripts - and every time I start one,… - Brian Helgeland
I think there's something strange about writing a script I've written many, many scripts - dozens and dozens of scripts - and every time I start one,…
It's always once the script's done in the first two years if it doesn't get going somehow or another, I've never had an old script that someone's mad… - Brian Helgeland
It's always once the script's done in the first two years if it doesn't get going somehow or another, I've never had an old script that someone's mad…
I think writing is a difficult thing and you need to suffer a little bit, even if it's just to sit there and think what an idiot you are and how anyo… - Brian Helgeland
I think writing is a difficult thing and you need to suffer a little bit, even if it's just to sit there and think what an idiot you are and how anyo…
For me in a film, almost every scene you end up cutting a bit of the start of it out, and some of the end of it out because there's always...once you… - Brian Helgeland
For me in a film, almost every scene you end up cutting a bit of the start of it out, and some of the end of it out because there's always...once you…
I think Cool Hand Luke was probably the first movie in which I was aware of the writing as its own separate thing. It was that speech when the guy re… - Brian Helgeland
I think Cool Hand Luke was probably the first movie in which I was aware of the writing as its own separate thing. It was that speech when the guy re…
I think test screenings with an audience are useful because they have no dog in the fight, they just say how they feel. - Brian Helgeland
I think test screenings with an audience are useful because they have no dog in the fight, they just say how they feel.
If Im in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it? - Brian Helgeland
If Im in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?
If you write an original, its like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, its like the oil wells on fire, and they bring you… - Brian Helgeland
If you write an original, its like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, its like the oil wells on fire, and they bring you…
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