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Tony Gilroy Quotes

Tony Gilroy quotes

American Writer September 11, 1956

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I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence? Tony Gilroy
I wanted to try before I got too old to try to do a big movie and I'd been looking for something to do that was interesting enough to spend those two years of my life on. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter."
No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter. Tony Gilroy
The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid..."
Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that. Tony Gilroy
The main thing for me is I really like strong endings. If there's a strong ending, you can take more time in the beginning, your first act can be really quite different. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "You change or you hide your head in the sand."
You change or you hide your head in the sand. Tony Gilroy
Corporations are like countries now, there's a king, there are serfs, there's a court, basically everything but moats. They're feudal societies, and there are good ones and bad ones. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community..."
Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing..."
I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching. Tony Gilroy
I like movies that pop, that have a little bit of candy on, that freedom to have a little bit of extra fun, but are rooted in real behaviour. Rooted in cause and effect, never violating reality. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time."
I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice."
The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "Different people work different ways."
Different people work different ways. Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy quote: "The screenwriters I know share a few personality traits and..."
The screenwriters I know share a few personality traits and one of them is anxiety. Tony Gilroy

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