There's a convention in English stuff that if something is more than 100 years old, people have to say 'do not' instead… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Whenever I went to L.A. the first thing people said in the meeting, no matter what it was about, was how much… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think the best research is people you meet and things that they say, rather than second hand accounts of something. I… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I read more and more and I came across this character, Caroline Weldon. Sometimes in history, you find these people that no… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I find in Britain people are both more arty and more willing to rip you off. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Now because the film industry is what it is, if people are expecting a certain film genre and they're not getting it,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's more to come. Series 4 [of Peaky Blinders] is coming soon. But I'm proud of making my hometown, which is considered… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
In other words, when you have someone [like Ridley Scott] with that authority, then you tend to be left alone. But they… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
No money has ever been spent on 'Peaky Blinders' in terms of publicity, there's no massive campaign - because it's the BBC… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There are always people who are doing things that don't fit the official accounts. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
You meet people and you hear the way they talk and the way they behave, and that subconsciously gets fed into the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think once those friendships, if you use that as an analogy, the friendships between the audience and the character is established,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I want to make people see that evil is seductive and that we need to be careful. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
When you think 'Peaky Blinders,' when it first began it got mixed reviews and people didn't know what to do with it,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I write about what worries me and, hopefully, things worry me a little bit earlier than they do some other people, purely… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
East India Company weren't an evil organization that went around deliberately oppressing people, but they were driven by profit, and how familiar… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I've had more reaction to 'Peaky' than anything. People react really intensely. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
You work, especially in the movie business more than in TV, but you have an environment where people feel obliged to have… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The great thing about America is that people take its history and mythologise it. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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.… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
“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.” — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think the best research is people you meet and things that they say, rather than second hand accounts of something. I think when… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image