True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely. — 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
The story [of Allied ] itself is the story I wrote, and that's what's great about Bob [Zemeckis ]. You have meetings,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
A commission and an original are two different things, and both have their virtues and vices. A commission is a bit more… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The story [of Allied] stayed with me, like a stray dog outside the office, waiting. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I was 21, when I heard the story that inspired this [thriller Allied], and I wasn't even a screenwriter then. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The story of James Delaney is also someone who very deliberately presents himself as an individual and plays nations against each other,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Just the idea that someone is married and they've got a kid, and he reports for work one morning and his boss… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It's great that the story [Allied] is set in the '40s because the '40s feel to it is completely appropriate. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
[2015] it's a time that there's a clash of ideologies, similar to the Cold War. I think that a story like this… — 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
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