I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the dialogue and then the performance comes around. Steven Knight More Quotes by Steven Knight More Quotes From Steven Knight I'm not suggesting that ours [series] is unique in that, but they can begin to have that depth, that gravity, they can spend some time, so it's a bit more like reading a good novel, if you like. Steven Knight depth unique reading A creative person can suddenly realize it's not 90 minutes. They haven't got to do three acts, they haven't got to do the arc, but they can do other things. I think just as novellas turned into novels, I think that television series can begin to have that depth. Steven Knight depth creative thinking You work, especially in the movie business more than in TV, but you have an environment where people feel obliged to have an input because that's what they do, and I think sometimes it can clutter things up and make things more problematic. Steven Knight input people thinking I'm always interested in characters who are closed down, but who open up when they choose to, rather than when they're obliged to. I think that's a very appealing thing, for an audience and just in life. I like the idea that something will say nothing, and then get straight to the point. That feels like how your heroes should be. Steven Knight hero character thinking [Woman Walks Ahead] is from me being a very bizarre child. From the age of about 8 to the age of about 15, I was obsessed with Native Americans. Steven Knight age native-american children [The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain] is so good that I've got high hopes. Steven Knight age long looks When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told the story, it had an affect on people. At its core, this was an effective story. Steven Knight stories people way No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made. Steven Knight screenplays attachment made The story [of Allied] stayed with me, like a stray dog outside the office, waiting. Steven Knight office dog waiting I was 21, when I heard the story that inspired this [thriller Allied], and I wasn't even a screenwriter then. Steven Knight thrillers inspired stories Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the lights, everything - but I'm not. Steven Knight light believe directors If you've read something brilliant, it's good. It's good to look out the window and see what's going on in the world. Steven Knight brilliant looks world When you're watching, I find two things happen. You either watch a film and it's really good and then you think, "Why can't I do that?" Or you watch a film and it's not good, and you think, "Why am I doing this?" So either way, it feels like being at work. Steven Knight watches two thinking I'm very bad at watching anything. I'm bad at going to theaters; I can't watch my own stuff; I watch a lot of sports. Steven Knight stuff sports watches It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like treading on fresh snow. You're the first one there. Steven Knight done snow people True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely. Steven Knight unlikely odd stories When I was probably about 10 or 11, and I found it was simply something I could do. When you're at school and you do something and you get praised for it, you think, "Oh, right, well I'll do that." From then on, I always thought I'd be a writer. I thought novels at first, and then I sort of naturally drifted into TV. Steven Knight school firsts thinking I love cooking and kitchens.It's just a great world, and I wanted to explore it. You see the façade, the outside, the public part, and then you just walk through one door marked "Staff Only" and you're in a different universe. Steven Knight different-universes cooking doors Sometimes you take something because it's an offer and it's big and it's good money and you have to absolutely respect that process, because it's not easier. Steven Knight easier process sometimes There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own creation, it's more pleasurable because you have total control. Steven Knight different writing thinking
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