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Brian Helgeland Quotes

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 made later on Picture Quote #1

It’s as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy Picture Quote #1

I don’t really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I’ll think of like, you know, Burt Lancaster would be good in this part, and so on. With ‘L.A. Confidential,’ it was like, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if Dean Martin played the Kevin Spacey part?’ Picture Quote #1

In exchange for ten years of being on top, I’m gonna end up in prison or I’m gonna end up dead, and there’s something fascinating about that Picture Quote #1

I was in a bookstore one afternoon, and I stumbled across this book called ‘A Guide to Film Schools.’ I always loved movies growing up and had never even conceived that it was something you could do for a living. Realizing most of them were in Los Angeles and knowing that was warm, I ended up applying Picture Quote #1

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 reads Paul Newman the riot act. The speech about going in the box Picture Quote #1

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Its such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, Action! Its like being a little mini-god Picture Quote #1

I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have to work in. You have to think of how to get the studio excited and sell them something Picture Quote #1

I know a lot of directors have a whole staff of people trying to find their next film for them. I always just end up writing mine Picture Quote #1

In my own experience, the scripts that I wrote, if they didn’t go within two years and become a film, they never went and no one ever came looking for them Picture Quote #1

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 whatever reason Picture Quote #1

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 anyone else could do this better than you can Picture Quote #1

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In exchange for ten years of being on top, I’m gonna end up in prison or I’m gonna end up dead, and there’s something fascinating about that Picture Quote #1

I think test screenings with an audience are useful because they have no dog in the fight, they just say how they feel Picture Quote #1

I worked as hard to write the worst film of the year as I did to write the best film of the year Picture Quote #1

It’s okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it Picture Quote #1

Its as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy Picture Quote #1

As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it’s hard for the audience to relate to them Picture Quote #1

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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 made later on (Brian Helgeland Quotes) It’s as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy (Brian Helgeland Quotes) I don’t really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I’ll think of like, you know, Burt Lancaster would be good in this part, and so on. With ‘L.A. Confidential,’ it was like, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if Dean Martin played the Kevin Spacey part?’ (Brian Helgeland Quotes) In exchange for ten years of being on top, I’m gonna end up in prison or I’m gonna end up dead, and there’s something fascinating about that. (Brian Helgeland Quotes) I was in a bookstore one afternoon, and I stumbled across this book called ‘A Guide to Film Schools.’ I always loved movies growing up and had never even conceived that it was something you could do for a living. Realizing most of them were in Los Angeles and knowing that was warm, I ended up applying. (Brian Helgeland Quotes) 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 reads Paul Newman the riot act. The speech about going in the box (Brian Helgeland Quotes) Its such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, Action! Its like being a little mini-god (Brian Helgeland Quotes) I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have to work in. You have to think of how to get the studio excited and sell them something (Brian Helgeland Quotes) I know a lot of directors have a whole staff of people trying to find their next film for them. I always just end up writing mine (Brian Helgeland Quotes) In my own experience, the scripts that I wrote, if they didn’t go within two years and become a film, they never went and no one ever came looking for them (Brian Helgeland Quotes) 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 whatever reason (Brian Helgeland Quotes) 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 anyone else could do this better than you can (Brian Helgeland Quotes) In exchange for ten years of being on top, I’m gonna end up in prison or I’m gonna end up dead, and there’s something fascinating about that (Brian Helgeland Quotes) 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 Quotes) I worked as hard to write the worst film of the year as I did to write the best film of the year (Brian Helgeland Quotes) It’s okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it (Brian Helgeland Quotes) Its as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy (Brian Helgeland Quotes) As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it’s hard for the audience to relate to them (Brian Helgeland Quotes)