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John Milius
American
Director
Born:
Apr 11
,
1944
Always
Good
Just
People
Think
You
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Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
John Milius
Good
Director
Quality
Field
Admired
Good Quality
Something
Commander
Egotism
Movie
Movie Director
Tolerated
Even
Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it made 5 million bucks - I don't even think it made that.
John Milius
Remember
Made
Big
Think
Relatively
Out
Absolutely
Remember When
Bucks
Yeah
Came
Big Hit
Western
Hit
Mean
Even
Searchers
Million
Million Bucks
Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too.
John Milius
Truth
Time
You
Will
Degree
Long
Think
Lasted
Too
Some
Fact
He
Like
Know
Became
Because
Yeah
James
Anything
Really
Popular
A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.
John Milius
Me
People
Thought
Threat
Civilization
Lot
Western
Western Civilization
Everybody's a filmmaker today.
John Milius
Today
Everybody
Movies
Filmmaker
I've always had trouble with authority.
John Milius
Trouble
Had
Always
Authority
Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.
John Milius
Good
You
Courage
People
Strong
Simple
Be Strong
Pretty
About
Most
Executive
Well
Executives
Attribute
Because
Forgotten
I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
John Milius
Best
Ways
Kind
Find
Some
Screenwriting
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
John Milius
You
Born
Writer
Either
Storyteller
I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think it's just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him.
John Milius
You
Better
Half
Think
Enough
Else
Late
Francis
Never
Pick
He
Know
Him
Ambitious
Than
Just
Anybody
Anybody Else
Form
Things
I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.
John Milius
Everybody
Out
Would
Critics
Admired
Darling
Something
Suppose
Liked
Been
Loved
Wants
Started
I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life.
John Milius
Life
Work
Good
You
Man
Integrity
Live
Those
Easy
Good Qualities
Loner
Qualities
Make
Became
Intact
Singular
Lot
Very
Mountain
Artistic
Your
Help
Keep
Things
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