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> [The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/the-architecture-of-a-story-can-be-a-little-bit-different-if-it-s-a/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

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## More by Joel Coen

> [Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/maybe-there-should-be-less-of-a-mystique-around-making-movies-i-just/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [I guess it beats throwing trash for a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/i-guess-it-beats-throwing-trash-for-a-living/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/the-architecture-of-a-story-can-be-a-little-bit-different-if-it-s-a/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about his movie. I just can't actually imagine myself sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/usually-i-don-t-want-to-sit-down-and-listen-to-the-director-gas-on/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest cut, is when you want to go home and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/and-when-you-see-it-the-first-time-you-put-the-film-together-the/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the part and that's what people like to see, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/other-kinds-of-movie-stars-it-s-a-different-thing-they-bring-their/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/when-you-do-a-writing-job-for-a-studio-one-of-the-things-you-want-to/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse how growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/i-guess-everything-having-to-do-with-your-background-has-some/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/if-the-material-is-challenging-it-forces-you-to-challenge-yourself/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people through their dialogue, then they happen all over again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/the-characters-are-the-result-of-two-things-first-we-elaborate-them/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a specific individual that you're talking about, not that whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/you-re-doing-it-to-make-the-character-as-specific-as-possible-so-that/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people you want to disappoint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/people-that-have-been-interested-in-our-work-for-awhile-those-are-the/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/these-things-are-hard-to-pin-down-we-work-on-a-script-a-bit-then-work/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/it-s-a-funny-thing-because-you-look-at-the-careers-of-other/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

> [You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/you-love-all-your-characters-even-the-ridiculous-ones-you-have-to-on/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

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