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> [I have these guilty pleasures, these failed films that don't work at all, but I'll watch them if they're on. Like 'The Game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-have-these-guilty-pleasures-these-failed-films-that-don-t-work-at/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

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## More by Shane Black

> [Going to UCLA, as far as I'm concerned, afforded me two things. One was the advantage of meeting friends and getting to know a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/going-to-ucla-as-far-as-i-m-concerned-afforded-me-two-things-one-was/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-only-way-you-can-stay-on-top-is-to-remember-to-touch-bottom-and/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [Here's what I didn't know when I was starting out that I now know…I thought when you were starting out it was really hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/here-s-what-i-didn-t-know-when-i-was-starting-out-that-i-now-know-i/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-always-have-humour-in-my-action-movies-i-think-characters-that-make/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [You have to keep surprising your audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/you-have-to-keep-surprising-your-audience/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [For years I was doing the excruciating weightlifting of writing scripts - but then I stayed thin and someone else got all the muscles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/for-years-i-was-doing-the-excruciating-weightlifting-of-writing/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I wanted at one point to act, which is a weird thing for men to want to do. It's a very vain profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-wanted-at-one-point-to-act-which-is-a-weird-thing-for-men-to-want/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-worst-of-the-action-films-are-the-ones-where-everything-is-one/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I'm the kid in school who always, you know, got the straight A's. I got to be that, you know, alpha aggressive work-ethic guy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-m-the-kid-in-school-who-always-you-know-got-the-straight-a-s-i-got/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so lonely being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-felt-that-in-a-way-i-hated-the-writing-process-so-much-it-s/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/an-action-movie-should-like-any-other-follow-the-narrative-traditions/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/once-i-started-selling-scripts-for-a-great-deal-of-money-action/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [When you are making a lot of money people forget you are trying to be creative and they picture you laughing all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/when-you-are-making-a-lot-of-money-people-forget-you-are-trying-to-be/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I've read a thousand private-eye novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-ve-read-a-thousand-private-eye-novels/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/an-action-film-can-have-too-much-action-picture-an-equaliser-on-a/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

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