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title: "5 Written Movie Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [We improv-ed scenes that didn't happen in the movie. We improv-ed the scenes that are written in the movie without the dialogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-greenwood/we-improv-ed-scenes-that-didn-t-happen-in-the-movie-we-improv-ed-the/)

[Bruce Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-greenwood/)

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> [I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L.A. and I'm like everyone else wandering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/i-ve-never-written-a-movie-i-m-not-in-the-movie-business-i-go-out-to/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/justin-cronin-2437_around_i-ve-never-written-a-movie-i-m-not-in-th_811289.png)

> [Sometimes people can't afford to work for you, or they're not interested or available, and you hate to have written the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sayles/sometimes-people-can-t-afford-to-work-for-you-or-they-re-not/)

[John Sayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sayles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/john-sayles-12623_available_sometimes-people-can-t-afford-to-work-fo_989820.png)

> [I had read the scripts that Nora Ephron had written as a movie about Mike McAlary. We were never able to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-callender/i-had-read-the-scripts-that-nora-ephron-had-written-as-a-movie-about/)

[Colin Callender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-callender/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/colin-callender-24511_able_i-had-read-the-scripts-that-nora-ephron_3130759.jpg)

> [When you've written a movie, you then get together with a whole lot of people and make it. In many ways, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-jordan/when-you-ve-written-a-movie-you-then-get-together-with-a-whole-lot-of/)

[Neil Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-jordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/neil-jordan-12493_film_when-you-ve-written-a-movie-you-then-get_3211135.jpg)

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