Dan Gilroy Quotes
A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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I get nervous before openings or premieres or when someone's reading a new script, and I get nervous when my daughter isn't in my immediate field of vision.
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If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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Since my father was a superstar, without me knowing it, I became a child star, as my father's entire fan base liked me, and I can't thank my father enough for this, as it was so effortless.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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I want my job to include a little adventure, a little more of a heightened reality than what I'm actually living. And 'Castle' has that. He gets this opportunity to tail these homicide detectives, and he's driven by that. He's a little immature, but he's obviously loving life.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.
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For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.
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There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.
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My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.
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Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.
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At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.
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Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them.
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It is simply a fact that the birth rate of our illegal immigrants exceeds that of our legal residents.
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A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.
