---
title: "1 Group Friends Quotes By Shane Black"
description: "1 Group Friends quotes by Shane Black. Plus more from Shane Black and more Group Friends sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/shane-black-7829_curse_i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-staye_533192.png"
---

> [I had my group of friends, and they stayed my group of friends, they were good about that. We all started to succeed at the same time, so that sort of took the curse off it. I didn't have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-stayed-my-group-of-friends-they/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/shane-black-7829_curse_i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-staye_533192.png)

## More by Shane Black

> [Going to UCLA, as far as I'm concerned, afforded me two things. One was the advantage of meeting friends and getting to know a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/going-to-ucla-as-far-as-i-m-concerned-afforded-me-two-things-one-was/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-only-way-you-can-stay-on-top-is-to-remember-to-touch-bottom-and/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [Here's what I didn't know when I was starting out that I now know…I thought when you were starting out it was really hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/here-s-what-i-didn-t-know-when-i-was-starting-out-that-i-now-know-i/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-always-have-humour-in-my-action-movies-i-think-characters-that-make/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [You have to keep surprising your audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/you-have-to-keep-surprising-your-audience/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [For years I was doing the excruciating weightlifting of writing scripts - but then I stayed thin and someone else got all the muscles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/for-years-i-was-doing-the-excruciating-weightlifting-of-writing/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I wanted at one point to act, which is a weird thing for men to want to do. It's a very vain profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-wanted-at-one-point-to-act-which-is-a-weird-thing-for-men-to-want/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-worst-of-the-action-films-are-the-ones-where-everything-is-one/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I'm the kid in school who always, you know, got the straight A's. I got to be that, you know, alpha aggressive work-ethic guy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-m-the-kid-in-school-who-always-you-know-got-the-straight-a-s-i-got/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so lonely being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-felt-that-in-a-way-i-hated-the-writing-process-so-much-it-s/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/an-action-movie-should-like-any-other-follow-the-narrative-traditions/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/once-i-started-selling-scripts-for-a-great-deal-of-money-action/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [When you are making a lot of money people forget you are trying to be creative and they picture you laughing all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/when-you-are-making-a-lot-of-money-people-forget-you-are-trying-to-be/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I've read a thousand private-eye novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-ve-read-a-thousand-private-eye-novels/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/an-action-film-can-have-too-much-action-picture-an-equaliser-on-a/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/shane-black/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Group Friends Quotes By Shane Black",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I had my group of friends, and they stayed my group of friends, they were good about that. We all started to succeed at the same time, so that sort of took the curse off it. I didn't have a bunch of people scowling at me and being potentially jealous. I just had good friends who I was able to help, and they helped me. Yet it eventually came to feel debilitating.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Shane Black"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-stayed-my-group-of-friends-they/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/shane-black-7829_curse_i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-staye_533192.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/shane-black-7829_curse_i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-staye_533192.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/shane-black-7829_curse_i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-staye_533192.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I had my group of friends, and they stayed my group of friends, they were good about that. We all started to…” — Shane Black",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/shane-black/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/shane-black/",
            "name": "Group Friends Quotes by Shane Black",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/shane-black/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/shane-black-7829_curse_i-had-my-group-of-friends-and-they-staye_533192.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Group Friends quotes by Shane Black. Plus more from Shane Black and more Group Friends sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/shane-black/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/shane-black/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Group Friends",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Shane Black",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/group-friends/shane-black/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```