A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.
I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden. - John Milius
I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.
- John Milius
I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody. - John Milius
I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills. - John Milius
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.
The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually. - John Milius
The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.
Everybody's a filmmaker today. - John Milius
Everybody's a filmmaker today.
You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as class… - John Milius
You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as class…
Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a ski… - John Milius
Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a ski…
I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and kee… - John Milius
I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and kee…
I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways. - John Milius
I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion