Film Quotes by Frank Darabont

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

— Frank Darabont

Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.

— Frank Darabont

The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

— Frank Darabont

The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons…

— Frank Darabont

I've never been a big fan of the music-video style of editing movies that crept in the last few decades. I like stuff that's…

— Frank Darabont

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

— Frank Darabont

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

— Frank Darabont

Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films…

— Frank Darabont

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

— Frank Darabont

I am fascinated with times past.

— Frank Darabont

And I don't think I'm giving away any secrets here, but there are a lot of terrible scripts in this town.

— Frank Darabont

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite,…

— Frank Darabont

Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.

— Frank Darabont

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

— Frank Darabont

If you're going to succeed, you've got to be like one of those punch-drunk fighters in the old Warner Bros. boxing pictures: too stupid…

— Frank Darabont