I prefer writing originals. Tony Gilroy More Quotes by Tony Gilroy More Quotes From Tony Gilroy The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice. Tony Gilroy philippines nice people 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 two lying ideas 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 tunnels writing wind 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. Tony Gilroy doing-you skills people I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application. Tony Gilroy college writing remember You change or you hide your head in the sand. Tony Gilroy sand I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time. Tony Gilroy levels crazy different No one can help you write. No one can teach you how to write. Tony Gilroy teach writing helping I can't imagine directing from someone else's script. Tony Gilroy scripts imagine i-can Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that. Tony Gilroy animal Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world. Tony Gilroy community world moving 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. Tony Gilroy Different people work different ways. Tony Gilroy different people way I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized. Tony Gilroy organized used young Once a film costs a certain amount of money, things have to round off. Tony Gilroy certain cost film I love IMAX when it works right. Tony Gilroy No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter. Tony Gilroy successful should sorry If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done. Tony Gilroy movie people thinking I've never taken a job on anything I didn't want to do. Tony Gilroy taken want jobs 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. Tony Gilroy bigs trying way
