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> [You have to accept that the moment you hand a script to a director, even if you've written it as an original script, it becomes his or her movie. That's the way it has to be because the pressures on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/you-have-to-accept-that-the-moment-you-hand-a-script-to-a-director/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

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## More by Victor Levin

> [When your characters are not white hats or black hats but something in between, you do have to be very careful about your details.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/when-your-characters-are-not-white-hats-or-black-hats-but-something/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [It's always hard, but it's always fun to attack a premise that you think is interesting. It does take a few drafts for sure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/it-s-always-hard-but-it-s-always-fun-to-attack-a-premise-that-you/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [You want to surround yourself with people who are as dedicated to their discipline as you are to yours and let them do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/you-want-to-surround-yourself-with-people-who-are-as-dedicated-to/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [Sometimes you go against what they say because you believe in it anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/sometimes-you-go-against-what-they-say-because-you-believe-in-it/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [You learn to do your best writing on story rather than off story. Very often at the beginning of their careers, writers including me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/you-learn-to-do-your-best-writing-on-story-rather-than-off-story-very/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [You have to accept that the moment you hand a script to a director, even if you've written it as an original script, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/you-have-to-accept-that-the-moment-you-hand-a-script-to-a-director/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [My job, as I see it, is to give you a window into another world and another story, and then to be as graceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/my-job-as-i-see-it-is-to-give-you-a-window-into-another-world-and/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [Your favorite story, whatever it might be, was written for one reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/your-favorite-story-whatever-it-might-be-was-written-for-one-reader/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [Most of the jokes that I wrote were funny and there always seems to be an aspect of comedy in my long-form work. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/most-of-the-jokes-that-i-wrote-were-funny-and-there-always-seems-to/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [I knew I wanted to work in Cinemascope because I find it much more beautiful just in terms of the shape of the screen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/i-knew-i-wanted-to-work-in-cinemascope-because-i-find-it-much-more/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [The stand-up really helped because you know the feeling when something feels true, and you know the feeling when it feels false. You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/the-stand-up-really-helped-because-you-know-the-feeling-when/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [I think everybody has a little rule follower and a little rule breaker in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/i-think-everybody-has-a-little-rule-follower-and-a-little-rule/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [Believe me, you can be in the middle of a beautiful take and the next thing you know you're awash in people crossing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/believe-me-you-can-be-in-the-middle-of-a-beautiful-take-and-the-next/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [It's hard to hand a script to a director, there's no question about it. You've lived with these characters, you've started with a blank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/it-s-hard-to-hand-a-script-to-a-director-there-s-no-question-about-it/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

> [There are people who are put on this earth to do everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-levin/there-are-people-who-are-put-on-this-earth-to-do-everything/)

[Victor Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-levin/)

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