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Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrie
American Director
Born: 1968
Always Films Me Think Writing You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely. Christopher McQuarrie
Death Knowledge Experience About More Freely Know Create Film Harder
I am not interested in telling you what to think. My job is to show you what I think. Period. Christopher McQuarrie
You Job Think Telling Period Am Not Interested Interested Show
My films do very well on home video. Christopher McQuarrie
Home Films Well Very Video
The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving. Christopher McQuarrie
You Hide Car Challenge Fact Driving Most Trying Actor
History tends to take the simplest possible view. As soon as you start to scratch the surface of any historical event, it starts to become more and more complicated, which is not the stuff of Hollywood films. Complications tend to break down the budget. Christopher McQuarrie
History You Complicated Become Down Films Starts Possible Complications More More And More Tend Tends Take Simplest Soon Stuff Budget Surface Historical Any Scratch Break Which Hollywood View Event Start
I think it's a lot easier to tell a war story about two sides of a conflict with one another as opposed to one side in conflict with itself. Christopher McQuarrie
War Conflict Think Side Sides Easier Tell About Another Opposed Lot Itself Story Two
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. Christopher McQuarrie
Character You Director Believe Out Only Writer Hiring Providing Skeleton Fill Actor
Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it. Christopher McQuarrie
Writing Too Much Own Too Everything Way See About Directing My Own Sooner Talk Said Happen Much Less
When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring. Christopher McQuarrie
You Out Exactly Boring Pretty Directed Written Film Imagined
I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular. Christopher McQuarrie
General Particular Always Been Role Afghanistan Seals Fascinated Navy
For everything you give an audience, you always have to take one thing away. They always have to pay for the story. Christopher McQuarrie
You Pay Everything One Thing Give Take Audience Always Story Away Thing
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
Me You Down Else One Thing More Only More Than Anything Studio Make Than The One Thing Anything Anything Else Frustrate Ask Ever Thing Tone Violence
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
Saying Respect Culture Power Guns Indifferent Learn Terrified Should Disrespectful
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. Christopher McQuarrie
Me Crime Another Reverence Ultimate Movie Screenplay Form Even Novel Media Adaptation
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
Hope Good Day You Made Somebody Think Say Worst Out Entire Entire Career Look Loud Movie Then Really Your Career

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