I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I loved 'The Master' a lot. I'm not going to get to work with Daniel Day-Lewis, but Joaquin Phoenix is one of… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I'm not really into the fame side of things, so I'm very happy with making a film every four years or so. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Everything went perfectly on 'In Bruges.' It was constant warfare, but I won all the battles and was really happy working with… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
It's like two years straight out of your life doing a film. It's very enjoyable, especially working with the guys, but I… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I'd just like to thank everybody who was involved in the film, especially Brendan Gleeson and Ruaidhrí Conroy. And Ruaidhrí, I'm sorry… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I like traveling and I like not being part of the film world. Especially when you're in the middle of a junket,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I try to naturally keep things to a manageable storytelling length, which is about two hours, so you try to cut out anything extraneous. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we? We are… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
As a kid, as a poor-ish, working-class kid, even visiting America seemed like an impossible dream. Every time I ever went anywhere in America,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I like traveling and I like not being part of the film world. Especially when you're in the middle of a junket, you're thinking,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I'm not really into the fame side of things, so I'm very happy with making a film every four years or so. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
