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Shane Black superhero risk thinking It really started after The Long Kiss Goodnight sold for just a sinful amount of money. People were angry that I took the money. People offer you $4 million for a script - what are you going to say? "No, I'd rather sell it for $100,000"? But it engendered so much anger, I lost friends over it. And no one talked about the creative content of anything I did any more. They all just assumed I was this guy with a formula, a hack formula. Shane Black kissing long people I love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit. Shane Black capes suits ideas I have these guilty pleasures, these failed films that don't work at all, but I'll watch them if they're on. Like 'The Game'. Shane Black film games watches I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made. Shane Black hate action adventure When you only have $15 million, you have to talk about something interesting. You can't just cut to a helicopter exploding. Shane Black something-interesting cutting interesting I don't mind women who want to act. That's fine. It's odd that men want to act, in that there's still a degree of vanity associated with it. Shane Black vanity mind men I've turned down lots and lots of work. Things that could have made me some money. Shane Black turned-down made I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so lonely being in the solitary prison of my office. A lot of brain-wracking. It just felt like it was so much hard work, and I would send it away. I felt as though I was doing all of this heavy lifting, this weightlifting, every day, all day. It was excruciating. And I stayed skinny, and someone else got all the muscles. I was eating all my vegetables, but then I wouldn't get dessert. To me, directing is the dessert. 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