Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely. Christopher McQuarrie More Quotes by Christopher McQuarrie More Quotes From Christopher McQuarrie When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring. Christopher McQuarrie prettyyoufilmboring I've rewritten other films and watched my writing be mutilated, but luckily, it's been mutilated anonymously. Christopher McQuarrie filmsotherbeenwriting I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular. Christopher McQuarrie generalalwaysnavyafghanistan Scripts don't get movies made. Christopher McQuarrie moviesgetscriptsmade What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material. Christopher McQuarrie packagebrandsomenow For everything you give an audience, you always have to take one thing away. They always have to pay for the story. Christopher McQuarrie storyeverythingyoualways The one thing that frustrates me more than anything else is that no studio has ever told me to tone down violence. They only ask you to make it more presentable. Christopher McQuarrie downmeyouviolence I'm saying, let's learn to reacquire a respect for the power of guns. This culture is so indifferent and disrespectful of guns that we should be terrified. Christopher McQuarrie sayingrespectpowerculture There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role. Christopher McQuarrie whichroletopgun When you're making a film, you don't really have time to consider what the whole of your film is. And then, when you're releasing your film and promoting your film, you're looking at it in a different way. Then, as you move away from it, you start to look at it objectively and think, 'What could I have done better?' Christopher McQuarrie lookinglookyoutime A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films. Christopher McQuarrie valuefaceyouwork Look: the day I've made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody can say, 'Then you probably made the worst movie of your entire career.' Christopher McQuarrie daygoodyouhope The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty. Christopher McQuarrie everyoneliketodayway I am not interested in telling you what to think. My job is to show you what I think. Period. Christopher McQuarrie i-amjobthinkyou Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money. Christopher McQuarrie makeslikemoneypeople
