We usually break the story first. For instance, on The Monuments Men, and this one is more complicated because there's a lot of history, so before we started, we sat down with Robert Edsel, the author of the book, for… — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
Creatively, it's great, because when you write your own movies, you get to create whatever you want. — Grant Heslov Copy Share
You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you. — Grant Heslov Copy Share
You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience. — Grant Heslov Copy Share
A lot of the art that was destroyed was painted and created by Jews. A lot of that is gone because that was degenerative… — Grant Heslov Copy Share
Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful… — Grant Heslov Copy Share
There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors. — Grant Heslov Copy Share
I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do. — Grant Heslov Copy Share
When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing. — Grant Heslov Copy Share
I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me… — Grant Heslov Copy Share
As a writer, you know what the purpose of the scene is. It really has nothing to do with the actor so you have… — Grant Heslov Copy Share
