--- title: "1 Make Office Quotes By Ethan Coen" description: "1 Make Office quotes by Ethan Coen. Plus more from Ethan Coen and more Make Office sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/ethan-coen-10430_day_we-go-to-the-office-every-day-when-we-re_1197162.jpg" --- > [We go to the office every day when we're writing - or supposed to be writing. It's not always productive, and there's a lot of procrastinating, just staring at the wall, like any other writing. But we just make ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/we-go-to-the-office-every-day-when-we-re-writing-or-supposed-to-be/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/ethan-coen-10430_day_we-go-to-the-office-every-day-when-we-re_1197162.jpg) ## More by Ethan Coen > [That's interesting: people deriving their identities from their music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/that-s-interesting-people-deriving-their-identities-from-their-music/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [People respond to real problems from the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/people-respond-to-real-problems-from-the-heart/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/like-any-kind-of-writing-there-are-good-days-and-frustrating-days-but/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [That cowboy look - the hat and the bandana - that's not a fashion statement. That clothing is purely practical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/that-cowboy-look-the-hat-and-the-bandana-that-s-not-a-fashion/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [What is striking in Minnesota is the invisible horizon line. On a grey day, when there's snow on the ground, the sky and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/what-is-striking-in-minnesota-is-the-invisible-horizon-line-on-a-grey/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [Is this business any worse than any other business? It's not especially bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/is-this-business-any-worse-than-any-other-business-it-s-not/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/it-s-just-an-impulse-in-some-actors-you-want-to-make-the-audience/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [You don't have to have a true story to make a true story movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/you-don-t-have-to-have-a-true-story-to-make-a-true-story-movie/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > ['Once Upon a Time in the West' is a great movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-is-a-great-movie/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [Mainstream movies used to be more adventurous because people went to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/mainstream-movies-used-to-be-more-adventurous-because-people-went-to/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [We used to watch the muscle movies on Saturday matinees, such as 'Hercules Unchained.' Then we'd go outside and do a remake of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/we-used-to-watch-the-muscle-movies-on-saturday-matinees-such-as/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [I mean, Joel talks to the actors more than I do and I probably do production stuff a little more than he does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/i-mean-joel-talks-to-the-actors-more-than-i-do-and-i-probably-do/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [“Fuck it, Dude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/fuck-it-dude/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/we-tend-to-do-period-stuff-because-it-helps-make-it-one-step-removed/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) > [You don't cast the animal, per se. You have an animal trainer who looks for several of them. That is a different experience than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/you-don-t-cast-the-animal-per-se-you-have-an-animal-trainer-who-looks/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/make-office/ethan-coen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Make Office Quotes By Ethan Coen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We go to the office every day when we're writing - or supposed to be writing. It's not always productive, and there's a lot of procrastinating, just staring at the wall, like any other writing. 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