There's something about the evolution of television where it evolved from to the things that we're now watching and loving. It evolved… — Steven Knight Actors Copy Share Image
When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's no writers room, or any other writer involved. I write everything from beginning to end. Maybe it's just me not being… — Steven Knight Beginning Copy Share Image
There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own… — Steven Knight Control Copy Share Image
I think it is best that if you are the writer you just leave the director to it. With the caveat that… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years… — Steven Knight Attention Copy Share Image
I wouldn't put myself in that bracket, but it's one of those things. I think what helps is that we [with Tom… — Steven Knight Brackets Copy Share Image
What I like about 'Taboo' just in general, even in writing it, you are not certain what the motives are sometimes because… — Steven Knight Character Copy Share Image
In the States a lot of Hispanic and black audiences are gravitating towards 'Peaky Blinders.' A mate of went into a bar… — Steven Knight Bar Copy Share Image
Whenever I went to L.A. the first thing people said in the meeting, no matter what it was about, was how much… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It was great fun to do because of the central character. With The Girl in the Spider's Web, the girl is really… — Steven Knight Character Copy Share Image
I think the best actors do both. I think they fulfill what you want them to do, in terms of the vision… — Steven Knight Actors Copy Share Image
Part of the reason for doing 'Peaky Blinders,' apart from the fact that it was a personal story and I've always wanted… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50… — Steven Knight America Copy Share Image
[The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain]… — Steven Knight Age Copy Share Image
[The Girl in the Spider's Web] can't be anything other than a sequel, but a couple of books have been skipped, so… — Steven Knight Book Copy Share Image
I think that helps because there has been no formality of friendship, the politeness of friendship, so we can just work directly… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I write about what worries me and, hopefully, things worry me a little bit earlier than they do some other people, purely… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think the East India Company represents what we would think of as a very modern approach to the world where everything… — Steven Knight Approach Copy Share Image
The story of James Delaney is also someone who very deliberately presents himself as an individual and plays nations against each other,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
East India Company weren't an evil organization that went around deliberately oppressing people, but they were driven by profit, and how familiar… — Steven Knight Company Copy Share Image
Some accents people - internationally - can't understand, also they come with baggage. London means a certain thing, Liverpool means a certain… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's such a wealth of literature from the 18th century and 19th century, George Eliot... Jane Austen... that's all about a genteel… — Steven Knight Books Copy Share Image
I'm very, very excited because I'm just completing Episode 6 of Series 4 [of Peaky Blinders], which again I think is the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think the best research is people you meet and things that they say, rather than second hand accounts of something. I… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I find the best way to make things real is to just put two characters into a space and let them talk… — Steven Knight Best way Copy Share Image
East India Company were a huge multinational that had the added impetus that they felt they were spreading Christian civilization around the… — Steven Knight Around the world Copy Share Image
Peaky' has attracted a lot of attention from different disciplines in the arts. It was originally going to be a ballet, which… — Steven Knight Art Copy Share Image
There's a convention in English stuff that if something is more than 100 years old, people have to say 'do not' instead… — Steven Knight Language Copy Share Image
It's really important to me that 'Peaky Blinders' went down so well in Birmingham. Apparently the audience share in the West Midlands… — Steven Knight Audience Copy Share Image
I visited the set [of Allied] a few times, and it was a great set to visit. A lot of it was… — Steven Knight Allied Copy Share Image
With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have… — Steven Knight Character Copy Share Image
When you're watching, I find two things happen. You either watch a film and it's really good and then you think, "Why… — Steven Knight Cinema Copy Share Image
You know that when you suggest something on the page, it's going to be there, plus more. It's a great luxury to… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There [in Allied] was depicting London in the war, as well, and doing that in a way where you see something that… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
TV is a writer's medium, the writer is in charge effectively. So what you write is what gets shot, so in that… — Steven Knight Fantastic Copy Share Image
The film business seems to attract rules more than any other business. I don't know why it does. I think it's because… — Steven Knight Business Copy Share Image
I think there's a tendency in England, when you look at the past, to either have upper middle class period drama with… — Steven Knight Drama Copy Share Image
Obviously, television is a writer's medium, so you get a lot more power and authority. With a film, the discipline is having… — Steven Knight Authority Copy Share Image
![“When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told the story, it had an affect on people. At its core, this was an effective story.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bed/steven-knight-2205_brad_when-brad-pitt-responded-to-allied-sudde_589762.jpg)
![“[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years before, who knows how it would have looked, but it's got the best possible cast, director and everything. It's been fantastic. It was worth waiting.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/282/steven-knight-2205_attention_allied-got-the-attention-of-director-bob_1070770.jpg)
![“I wouldn't put myself in that bracket, but it's one of those things. I think what helps is that we [with Tom Hardey] don't socialize, we don't really know each other, we purely work together.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/268/steven-knight-2205_brackets_i-wouldn-t-put-myself-in-that-bracket-bu_1928537.jpg)
![“There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2f9/steven-knight-2205_america_there-was-an-unbelievable-amount-of-anim_1624579.jpg)
![“[The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain] is so good that I've got high hopes.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e35/steven-knight-2205_age_the-film-woman-walks-ahead-is-from-a-lon_742178.jpg)
![“[The Girl in the Spider's Web] can't be anything other than a sequel, but a couple of books have been skipped, so it is different, in that sense. It's really taking a very strong central character and thinking, how do you execute this? It's quite different.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b43/steven-knight-2205_book_the-girl-in-the-spider-s-web-can-t-be-an_1257130.jpg)
![“I think that helps because there has been no formality of friendship, the politeness of friendship, so we can just work directly on the work that's ahead of us [with Tom Hardey].” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b05/steven-knight-2205_formality_i-think-that-helps-because-there-has-bee_635650.jpg)
![“I'm very, very excited because I'm just completing Episode 6 of Series 4 [of Peaky Blinders], which again I think is the best yet. And I'm loving it and it's not like work, it's not like a labor, I love doing it, and the boys are coming back and they're loving the scripts.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c81/steven-knight-2205_blinders_i-m-very-very-excited-because-i-m-just-c_3164084.jpg)
![“I visited the set [of Allied] a few times, and it was a great set to visit. A lot of it was in West London, in an old Gillette factory. You'd go into the factory through the security, and then there were a lot of camels and goats. Most sets are really dull, but this was fantastic.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b30/steven-knight-2205_allied_i-visited-the-set-of-allied-a-few-times_2853397.jpg)
![“There [in Allied] was depicting London in the war, as well, and doing that in a way where you see something that you don't normally see, which is how hedonistic it was. In reality, that's what was going on. But, all of it worked.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/540/steven-knight-2205_hedonistic_there-in-allied-was-depicting-london-in_2506111.jpg)
