I liked writing, and I loved movies, obsessively loved movies, but I had never made the leap of thinking I would actually come out here and write stuff.
For a living I write stuff that I know is gonna sell to a studio and make a lot of money at the multiplex. - Robert Ben Garant
For a living I write stuff that I know is gonna sell to a studio and make a lot of money at the multiplex.
- Robert Ben Garant
Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts. - Robert Ben Garant
Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.
The State trained us to make other people's terrible jokes work, which is the other part of the game when you're here. - Robert Ben Garant
The State trained us to make other people's terrible jokes work, which is the other part of the game when you're here.
You need to know that going in, and you also need to be able to write all the time. So when somebody looks at you across the table and says, "What do… - Robert Ben Garant
You need to know that going in, and you also need to be able to write all the time. So when somebody looks at you across the table and says, "What do…
If you can learn to be incredibly passionate about your work without fighting for it just because it's yours, that's a huge thing. - Robert Ben Garant
If you can learn to be incredibly passionate about your work without fighting for it just because it's yours, that's a huge thing.
You write a spec, and you pour your heart and soul and life into a spec, and you think that spec is the movie that's going to sell and get made... I'… - Robert Ben Garant
You write a spec, and you pour your heart and soul and life into a spec, and you think that spec is the movie that's going to sell and get made... I'…
You have to be willing to throw [writing] stuff away and replace it. - Robert Ben Garant
You have to be willing to throw [writing] stuff away and replace it.
Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system. - Robert Ben Garant
Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system.
I liked writing, and I loved movies, obsessively loved movies, but I had never made the leap of thinking I would actually come out here and write stu… - Robert Ben Garant
I liked writing, and I loved movies, obsessively loved movies, but I had never made the leap of thinking I would actually come out here and write stu…
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