I wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing when you're in the theater because everyone's there to protect the writing. When I had an idea for… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
There's a few people who I've accumulated over the years who I really trust to show a first cut to and to be helpful rather than unhelpful. — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it. I published… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
I've reached a new level of closeness with a new friend when I can make a joke at their expense. That's one of the… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
The world is really heading in a very dangerous direction, it becomes that much more valuable and important to go to the movies and… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
[With theater] you draw the audience into the room as best you can, and in film, you can draw them into the room, you… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
When you're a man, you're often in situations where you have to decide how far you're going to go in an argument. How big… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing,… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
I take it as a sign of intimacy and friendship when you feel comfortable enough with someone to have a little rough and tumble. — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times. — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks...although the latter is much less realistic. — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
I think the more dangerous and dire the political circumstances seem, the more you attach value to anything that shows you why a human… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
Some actors really like to do only a few, some like Casey [Affleck] will do as many takes as there is electrical power. At… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
![“[With theater] you draw the audience into the room as best you can, and in film, you can draw them into the room, you can draw them outside into the desert, you can take them out into the ocean, you can do all these amazing things.” quote by Kenneth Lonergan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1af/kenneth-lonergan-21526_amazing-things_with-theater-you-draw-the-audience-into_597571.jpg)
![“Some actors really like to do only a few, some like Casey [Affleck] will do as many takes as there is electrical power. At some point, you'll say, "Listen, I think it's really good." And he'll say, "You sure? You sure? There's not some other way we should try it?"” quote by Kenneth Lonergan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fac/kenneth-lonergan-21526_actors_some-actors-really-like-to-do-only-a-few_1588714.jpg)