The empirical is very important, but merit is inherent and not acquired. A university is massively important because you can see where… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I don't move until an actor is happy, but it was very important to me as a so-called "first time director" to… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I learned from Ridley [Scott] how to come out of the trailer at a fast walk and make your decisions and keep… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
My gratitude to Ridley [Scott] isn't anything new. I named one of my kids after him. But he's a very important person… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
You're not turning the picture over to a system or a process, you are the process, and the most important thing is… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
“I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in London there was just something about the light and there's something about the way London went onto film… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think the only real referent for anybody writing drama is probably Hamlet. You have the most extreme tragic drama, this sort of blood-boltered… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
If you need someone to come out of the sewer with a wire you don't hire someone who needs laborious collective instruction. You let… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
In reviewing films, people get quite liberal about saying "the script" this and "the script" that, when they've never read the script any more… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
The era I love most is the Federal period, just after the Revolution and the formation of the United States. The birth of America… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn't obvious in the first draft you're… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
If you see, as I do, in edited film, you're going to end up as a director. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I wanted to do London Boulevard because I saw the potential of a story about two people who need each other desperately, who love… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Poetry died as a commercial form and then it died as a serious art form. No one serious touches it. It used to be… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
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