List of Tony Gilroy Quotes

I Love Imax When It Works Right.

But What I Didn't Recognize When I Was Much Younger Was This Sort Of...when You're On, When You're Really On, Go At It.

You Change Or You Hide Your Head In The Sand.

You Just Try To Find Something That Interests You, And Particular Something That Interests You That's Gonna Consume You The Way That These Big Movies Just Really Eat You Up.

I Like Knowing Where I Am In Action Sequences If I'm Supposed To.

I Like Emotions, But I Really Don't Like Sentimentality, And I Don't Like When Things Break Their Spell.

I Have Written A Bunch Of Scripts That Have Not Gotten Produced, Much More So Early In My Career Than Later.

I Don't Remember Writing Anything Until I Wrote My College Application.

I Don't Like To Be Crazy On Different Levels All Of The Time.

I Can't Imagine Directing From Someone Else's Script.

Everyone I Know Who Used To Be In The Intelligence Community Is Moving Into The Corporate World.

Developing Films With Directors, Developing Films With Actors, Is A Poor Percentage Play For A Screenwriter.

I Used To Be, When I Was Young, I Used To Be Extremely Regular And Very Organized.

I Never Really Like It When Other Writers Talk About Coming In Behind People And Rewriting.

I Prefer Writing Originals.

What You Need To Know To Direct A Movie Is [of] Such Great Variety. I've Worked With People Who Were Maestros, Who Know Everything. I've Worked With People Who Were Empty And Lost, Who Had No Clue What They Were Doing. You Wouldn't Hire Them To Paint Your Apartment. And Then There's Everything In-between. There's No List Of Skills You Have To Have To Sit In That Chair.

Once A Film Costs A Certain Amount Of Money, Things Have To Round Off.

No One Should Feel Sorry For A Successful Screenwriter.

If You Think About It, Episodic Filmmaking Has Not Been Something That People Have Really Done.

I've Never Taken A Job On Anything I Didn't Want To Do.

I Worked For A Lot Of Directors.

I Spend A Lot Of Time In A Sort Of Free State When I'm Writing In The Beginning And Sketching.

I Think What I've Recognized Over The Years Is That I'm Very, Very Bingey, Extremely Bingey When It Comes To Writing.

A Reversal Is Just Anything That's A Surprise. It's A Way Of Keeping The Audience Interested.