Grant Heslov

Creatively, it's great, because when you write your own movies, you get to create whatever you want.

— Grant Heslov

You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.

— Grant Heslov

'The Ides of March' was a fairly cynical film.

— Grant Heslov

You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.

— Grant Heslov

A lot of the art that was destroyed was painted and created by Jews. A lot of that is gone because that…

— Grant Heslov

'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary.

— Grant Heslov

Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a…

— Grant Heslov

There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.

— Grant Heslov

It takes a long time to get a film made.

— Grant Heslov

I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do.

— Grant Heslov

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing.

— Grant Heslov

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is…

— Grant Heslov

Generally, screenplays suck.

— Grant Heslov

As a writer, you know what the purpose of the scene is. It really has nothing to do with the actor so…

— Grant Heslov

I didnt want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.

— Grant Heslov

I don't make my living writing; I make my living as a producer and as a director.

— Grant Heslov

What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship…

— Grant Heslov

I was a big fan of this guy named Art Bell - I don't know if you've heard of him before. I…

— Grant Heslov

There are films that cost a lot of money that might be decent films. But if they don't perform in that first…

— Grant Heslov

We usually break the story first. For instance, on The Monuments Men, and this one is more complicated because there's a lot…

— Grant Heslov

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

— Grant Heslov

A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and…

— Grant Heslov

I didn't want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.

— Grant Heslov

When you look at a film like 'The Ides of March' or 'Good Night, and Good Luck' even, those are really contained…

— Grant Heslov

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

— Grant Heslov