I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like there was a good reason why they were not made. So I am not anxious to go back and fix them. I don't have something in the desk drawer that I think, "The time is right now. If I just do this, it'll be great." It is kind of out of sight and out of mind. I am thinking ahead rather than back.
When I am writing I don't set a certain number of pages. I do know that the further into a script I get the faster it goes. As soon as you start maki… - Steven Zaillian
When I am writing I don't set a certain number of pages. I do know that the further into a script I get the faster it goes. As soon as you start maki…
- Steven Zaillian
I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes. - Steven Zaillian
I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.
I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like there was a good reason why they were not made… - Steven Zaillian
I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like there was a good reason why they were not made…
I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things. - Steven Zaillian
I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.
The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do… - Steven Zaillian
The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do…
I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies. - Steven Zaillian
I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies.
You do a draft and you get more notes. You start to get the feeling that this either isn't going to happen or it is going to take a really long time … - Steven Zaillian
You do a draft and you get more notes. You start to get the feeling that this either isn't going to happen or it is going to take a really long time …
People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage. - Steven Zaillian
People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.
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