I've reached a new level of closeness with a new friend when I can make a joke at their expense. That's one of the great joys of life for me. Kenneth Lonergan More Quotes by Kenneth Lonergan More Quotes From Kenneth Lonergan Teenagers all think their life is a movie. If you break up with someone or you have a fight, you walk around with movie scores playing in your head. You sort of see yourself suffering as you're suffering. There's a lot of melodrama attached to the real events of your life. Kenneth Lonergan teenager fighting real Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people. Kenneth Lonergan communication pain art I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters. Kenneth Lonergan writing character people The world doesn't grieve when you're grieving. The world goes on about its business. You're having a good day and I'm having a bad one and vice versa. And they could be very good and very bad at the same time. You multiply that by seven billion and you have one element of human experience. Kenneth Lonergan good-day grieving world I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to. Kenneth Lonergan able people needs I trust my judgment when I think it's boring, dull, tepid and not interesting. That's important to listen to. And the same on the set. That's a little easier because you can see it in front of you and you can just see how great they are and you know you have something wonderful when they do something wonderful. Kenneth Lonergan important interesting thinking When you have people like Casey [Affleck] and Michelle Williams and they want to do more takes you don't say, "Sorry, that's it." And I also don't like to say, "It's fine, it's great." Unless it's clearly there. Kenneth Lonergan sorry want people I think the more dangerous and dire the political circumstances seem, the more you attach value to anything that shows you why a human being is a human being or human experience or view of the world in that way. Kenneth Lonergan political views thinking I like to let the actors work the way they want to. Kenneth Lonergan actors want way It's not a character flaw to become an adult. Kenneth Lonergan flaws adults character I grew up going to the movies, not watching them on television, so I'm still a bit resistant to TV as a medium. Kenneth Lonergan tvs grew-up television When you're a man, you're often in situations where you have to decide how far you're going to go in an argument. How big is the other guy? All this stuff that girls don't have to worry about as much, because that's not part of the equation. Kenneth Lonergan girl worry men You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks...although the latter is much less realistic. Kenneth Lonergan empires film new-york I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish. Kenneth Lonergan mets assuming There's something about the impact of a big screen that means something to me, even though I realize almost every film is fated to be seen for a year in theaters, and then forever after on television. Kenneth Lonergan impact mean years The world is really heading in a very dangerous direction, it becomes that much more valuable and important to go to the movies and see human beings that are human beings. Kenneth Lonergan dangerous important world I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies. Kenneth Lonergan caught writing ideas I'm always struck when I go somewhere I've never been before, especially if it's in my home town, by just how different the atmosphere can be, and how disorienting it can be - especially if there's any kind of trouble. Kenneth Lonergan atmosphere different home There's a few people who I've accumulated over the years who I really trust to show a first cut to and to be helpful rather than unhelpful. Kenneth Lonergan cutting people years I would love to take control of the entire universe and for five years you give every movie the same widespread distribution no matter what movie and see if there's a real discrepancy between people coming to see science-fiction films or superhero films. I seriously bet there would be no discernible difference. Kenneth Lonergan discrepancies-between real years
