--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Steven Knight" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Steven Knight. Plus more from Steven Knight and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/steven-knight-2205_cutting_there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-wr_1200205.jpg" --- > [ There \[in Allied\] were things that were written that were cut, and things that were shot that were cut, but if the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-written-that-were-cut-and/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/steven-knight-2205_cutting_there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-wr_1200205.jpg) > [I am someone who thinks that if you've got an actor like that who wants to perform your work, then you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-am-someone-who-thinks-that-if-you-ve-got-an-actor-like-that-who/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/steven-knight-2205_actors_i-am-someone-who-thinks-that-if-you-ve-g_1123517.jpg) > [ I'm not suggesting that ours \[series\] is unique in that, but they can begin to have that depth, that gravity, they can… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-m-not-suggesting-that-ours-series-is-unique-in-that-but-they-can/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/steven-knight-2205_bits_i-m-not-suggesting-that-ours-series-is-u_1230019.jpg) > [If you've read something brilliant, it's good. It's good to look out the window and see what's going on in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/if-you-ve-read-something-brilliant-it-s-good-it-s-good-to-look-out/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/steven-knight-2205_books_if-you-ve-read-something-brilliant-it-s_2050264.jpg) > [Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/sometimes-if-you-re-a-director-you-want-to-believe-that-you-re-great/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/steven-knight-2205_aspect_sometimes-if-you-re-a-director-you-want_1283948.jpg) > [I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-ve-realized-that-the-only-thing-i-m-interested-in-is-the/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/steven-knight-2205_communication_i-ve-realized-that-the-only-thing-i-m-in_134962.jpg) > [ \[Allied\] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/allied-got-the-attention-of-director-bob-zemeckis-and-marion/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/steven-knight-2205_attention_allied-got-the-attention-of-director-bob_1070770.jpg) > [ I spoke to Tom's \[Hardy\] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-spoke-to-tom-s-hardy-manager-and-said-while-we-re-talking-about/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/steven-knight-2205_deals_i-spoke-to-tom-s-hardy-manager-and-said_3186211.jpg) > [I like to create a character where you believe, deep down, that they don't really care if they live or die. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-like-to-create-a-character-where-you-believe-deep-down-that-they/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/steven-knight-2205_believe_i-like-to-create-a-character-where-you-b_2936792.jpg) > [I think once those friendships, if you use that as an analogy, the friendships between the audience and the character is established,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-think-once-those-friendships-if-you-use-that-as-an-analogy-the/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/steven-knight-2205_analogies_i-think-once-those-friendships-if-you-us_1307551.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Steven Knight > [There's a convention in English stuff that if something is more than 100 years old, people have to say 'do not' instead of 'don't.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/there-s-a-convention-in-english-stuff-that-if-something-is-more-than/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own creation, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/there-s-lots-of-different-ways-of-writing-stuff-and-lots-of-different/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/it-s-such-a-gift-when-you-know-who-you-re-writing-for-and-you-know/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [I'm not a great film-goer, and I never have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-m-not-a-great-film-goer-and-i-never-have-been/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [There's no writers room, or any other writer involved. I write everything from beginning to end. Maybe it's just me not being able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/there-s-no-writers-room-or-any-other-writer-involved-i-write/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-ve-realized-that-the-only-thing-i-m-interested-in-is-the/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [“It seems to me, that if there is a bad taste in your mouth, you spit it out. You don't constantly swallow it back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/it-seems-to-me-that-if-there-is-a-bad-taste-in-your-mouth-you-spit-it/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [With FX in particular, they've been fantastic and were really hands off. I mean, it helps that you've got Ridley Scott on your side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/with-fx-in-particular-they-ve-been-fantastic-and-were-really-hands/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [I often find in the film world, that it's very self-referring. If you talk to someone about films, they talk about them in terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-often-find-in-the-film-world-that-it-s-very-self-referring-if-you/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [Whenever I went to L.A. the first thing people said in the meeting, no matter what it was about, was how much they loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/whenever-i-went-to-l-a-the-first-thing-people-said-in-the-meeting-no/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [ I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved \[Peaky Blinders series\]. And David Bowie loved it. The late Leonard Cohen… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-ve-spent-three-hours-with-snoop-dogg-talking-about-how-he-loved/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [I think the best research is people you meet and things that they say, rather than second hand accounts of something. I think when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-think-the-best-research-is-people-you-meet-and-things-that-they-say/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [Writing, when it works, one needs to access whatever it is that creates dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/writing-when-it-works-one-needs-to-access-whatever-it-is-that-creates/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [Making a film is hard because you're not dealing with the intangible. When you're writing, it's perfect because it's only in your head and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/making-a-film-is-hard-because-you-re-not-dealing-with-the-intangible/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) > [There's a grown-upness about television now that wasn't there before. You do know you're doing stuff for adults who can tell the difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/there-s-a-grown-upness-about-television-now-that-wasn-t-there-before/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/steven-knight/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Steven Knight", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There [in Allied] were things that were written that were cut, and things that were shot that were cut, but if the film works, they are erased from memory.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Knight" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-written-that-were-cut-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/steven-knight-2205_cutting_there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-wr_1200205.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/steven-knight-2205_cutting_there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-wr_1200205.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/steven-knight-2205_cutting_there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-wr_1200205.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There [in Allied] were things that were written that were cut, and things that were shot that were cut, but…” — Steven Knight", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am someone who thinks that if you've got an actor like that who wants to perform your work, then you should do it, and hopefully Tom [Hardey] likes to do the work that I do, so long may it continue.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Knight" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-am-someone-who-thinks-that-if-you-ve-got-an-actor-like-that-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/steven-knight-2205_actors_i-am-someone-who-thinks-that-if-you-ve-g_1123517.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/steven-knight-2205_actors_i-am-someone-who-thinks-that-if-you-ve-g_1123517.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/steven-knight-2205_actors_i-am-someone-who-thinks-that-if-you-ve-g_1123517.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am someone who thinks that if you've got an actor like that who wants to perform your work, then you…” — Steven Knight", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not suggesting that ours [series] is unique in that, but they can begin to have that depth, that gravity, they can spend some time, so it's a bit more like reading a good novel, if you like.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Knight" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/i-m-not-suggesting-that-ours-series-is-unique-in-that-but-they-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/steven-knight-2205_bits_i-m-not-suggesting-that-ours-series-is-u_1230019.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/steven-knight-2205_bits_i-m-not-suggesting-that-ours-series-is-u_1230019.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/steven-knight-2205_bits_i-m-not-suggesting-that-ours-series-is-u_1230019.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not suggesting that ours [series] is unique in that, but they can begin to have that depth, that…” — Steven Knight", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you've read something brilliant, it's good. 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