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> [I think 'Cool Hand Luke' was probably the first movie in which I was aware of the writing as its own separate thing. It was that speech when the guy reads Paul Newman the riot act. The speech about going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/i-think-cool-hand-luke-was-probably-the-first-movie-in-which-i-was/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

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## More by Brian Helgeland

> [As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it's hard for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/as-much-as-i-love-period-movies-and-especially-more-swashbuckling/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [I think 'Cool Hand Luke' was probably the first movie in which I was aware of the writing as its own separate thing. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/i-think-cool-hand-luke-was-probably-the-first-movie-in-which-i-was/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/working-on-an-adaptation-is-not-as-satisfying-because-it-s-not-your/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [If Im in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, Ooh, how could you cut this down to size…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/if-im-in-the-bookstore-and-i-see-a-700-page-novel-my-first-thought-is/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [I don't really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I'll think of like, you know, Burt Lancaster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/i-don-t-really-write-with-living-actors-in-mind-i-guess-i-write-for/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [I was in a bookstore one afternoon, and I stumbled across this book called 'A Guide to Film Schools.' I always loved movies growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/i-was-in-a-bookstore-one-afternoon-and-i-stumbled-across-this-book/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [It's as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/it-s-as-boring-to-see-a-completely-evil-villain-as-it-is-to-see-a/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [You can write anything you want on paper, like blowing up the bridge on the River Kwai, but when you actually have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/you-can-write-anything-you-want-on-paper-like-blowing-up-the-bridge/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [Because I've been at it so long and very steadily, I have a lot of credits, but I probably have twice as many scripts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/because-i-ve-been-at-it-so-long-and-very-steadily-i-have-a-lot-of/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/i-write-r-rated-action-dramas-and-every-year-that-goes-by-that-gets/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [There are plenty of writers who are going to become a director after their next job, but no one will believe you're a director…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/there-are-plenty-of-writers-who-are-going-to-become-a-director-after/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [Its such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, Action! Its like being a little mini-god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/its-such-an-egotistical-thing-to-be-able-to-just-stand-there-and-say/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [If you write an original, its like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, its like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/if-you-write-an-original-its-like-you-went-in-and-dug-a-well-and-you/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [“The pieces of my broken heart are so small that they could be passed through the eye of a needle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/the-pieces-of-my-broken-heart-are-so-small-that-they-could-be-passed/)

[Brian Helgeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-helgeland/)

> [I worked as hard to write the worst film of the year as I did to write the best film of the year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-helgeland/i-worked-as-hard-to-write-the-worst-film-of-the-year-as-i-did-to/)

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