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Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy
American Writer
Born: Sep 11, 1956
Anything Like People Time Writing You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
You change or you hide your head in the sand. Tony Gilroy
You Change Hide Head Sand Your
You can't teach someone to be imaginative. Tony Gilroy
You Someone Teach Imaginative
I worked for a lot of directors. Tony Gilroy
Directors Lot Worked
I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized. Tony Gilroy
Young Extremely Very Regular Used Organized
I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later. Tony Gilroy
Later More Written Gotten Bunch Than Scripts Much Produced Early Career
When I start something, I know people I am working with, it's a project they're interested in. Tony Gilroy
People Project Something Know Am Interested Working Start
Corporations are like countries now, there's a king, there are serfs, there's a court, basically everything but moats. They're feudal societies, and there are good ones and bad ones. Tony Gilroy
Good King Everything Corporations Bad Good Ones Bad Ones Countries Like Court Feudal Now Societies Basically
If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done. Tony Gilroy
You People Think About Something Been Done Really Episodic Filmmaking
Once a film costs a certain amount of money, things have to round off. Tony Gilroy
Money Once Costs Off Certain Film Round Amount Things
I've never taken a job on anything I didn't want to do. Tony Gilroy
Job Never Taken Want Anything
I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell. Tony Gilroy
Emotions Spell Like Break Sentimentality Really Things
I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to. Tony Gilroy
Action Like Supposed Knowing Am Where
The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel. Tony Gilroy
Alone Time You Director Writing Shopping Will Wind Sit Out Kinetic All-Time Rushing Scene High-Speed Head Picking Come Like Most Intense Tunnel Really Your Hard Chair Actor Pull
The main thing for me is I really like strong endings. If there's a strong ending, you can take more time in the beginning, your first act can be really quite different. Tony Gilroy
Time Me You Strong Ending First Beginning More Take Main Main Thing Like Endings Quite Different In The Beginning Really Act Your Thing
The screenwriters I know share a few personality traits and one of them is anxiety. Tony Gilroy
Anxiety Personality Few Share Know Traits Them
Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that. Tony Gilroy
Fear Animals Changes Everything Like Exempt Get Afraid Act
I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application. Tony Gilroy
Writing Remember College Until Wrote Anything Application
No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter. Tony Gilroy
Sorry No-One Feel Screenwriter Successful Should
I can't imagine directing from someone else's script. Tony Gilroy
Else Someone Directing Script Imagine
I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting. Tony Gilroy
People Other About Writers Never Like Talk Coming Behind Rewriting Really

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