Christopher McQuarrie quotes

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist. (Christopher McQuarrie)
Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it. View quote
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Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you. View quote
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While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind. View quote
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My films do very well on home video. View quote
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Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films. View quote
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Action to me is something very fun to shoot. View quote
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I love films like Deliverance where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings. View quote
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I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular. View quote
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A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films. View quote
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What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material. (Christopher McQuarrie)
I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out. View quote
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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. View quote
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To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another, and a movie is yet another. There's even reverence to a screenplay. View quote
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