True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I will never unravel the mystery of how a script gets into the hands of certain people. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's been a big black hole in the middle of the country as far as TV production goes. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There have been times when I've shaved twice in the same morning because I've forgotten I've shaved already. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I just don't like cinemas very much. And when I do see a film it depresses me. — Steven Knight Cinema Copy Share Image
If you've read something brilliant, it's good. It's good to look out the window and see what's going on in the world. — Steven Knight Books Copy Share Image
The things that are considered to be respectable have their roots in unrespectable things. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
[Allied] meant to be a film that's a bit different. It's roots are in the '40s and '50s, and that sort of… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
In terms of the symbolism, I think that if you do it right, writing is a bit like dreaming. — Steven Knight Dreaming Copy Share Image
Sometimes you take something because it's an offer and it's big and it's good money and you have to absolutely respect that… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's something about the evolution of television where it evolved from to the things that we're now watching and loving. It evolved… — Steven Knight Actors 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… — Steven Knight Beginning 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… — Steven Knight Control Copy Share Image
I think it is best that if you are the writer you just leave the director to it. With the caveat that… — 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
What I like about 'Taboo' just in general, even in writing it, you are not certain what the motives are sometimes because… — Steven Knight Character Copy Share Image
In the States a lot of Hispanic and black audiences are gravitating towards 'Peaky Blinders.' A mate of went into a bar… — Steven Knight Bar Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there was a physicality to the business of investigating a serious crime. There were objects, pieces of paper,… — Steven Knight Business 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
I'm always interested in characters who are closed down, but who open up when they choose to, rather than when they're obliged… — Steven Knight Audience Copy Share Image
There were three options [in Allied], which were for [Bred Pitt] to shoot [Marion Cotillard], for them to escape, or for her… — 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 Boss Copy Share Image
I think certain periods of history don't get dealt with because I think historians, and it's their job, but they look back… — 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 Artist Copy Share Image
What happened was I was invited to meet Tom [Hardy] to discuss a project that he had in his mind about an… — Steven Knight Adventurer 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 whole process of filmmaking can be chaotic, but if you can have an enthusiastic cast, you're pretty much there. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I do lots of projects in film and TV. You have some that are lucky, and some that are unlucky. — Steven Knight Cinema Copy Share Image
The great thing about America is that people take its history and mythologise it. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
In terms of how [Allied] looks, it's fantastic and much better than I had hoped because it's so lush and so beautifully… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There has been a tendency only to deal with a certain social class when it comes to stories more than 100 years ago. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It's good sometimes to have a character that starts as one thing and ends as another, but James Bond, Hercules, these are… — Steven Knight Bond Copy Share Image
I must have been about 11 when I read the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which I read, over and… — Steven Knight Book 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… — Steven Knight Actor Copy Share Image
No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made. — Steven Knight Attachment Copy Share Image
From the age of about 8 to the age of about 15, I was obsessed with Native Americans. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do [in Allied] was get two characters who fall in love for real, across the barricade, and then… — Steven Knight Allied Copy Share Image
I think it creates so many more opportunities and pitfalls in that you are treading on fresh snow, so you're in a… — Steven Knight Fresh snow Copy Share Image
Locke' is a different way of making a film as well as being a different sort of film. — Steven Knight Being Copy Share Image
![“[Allied] meant to be a film that's a bit different. It's roots are in the '40s and '50s, and that sort of filmmaking style.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/steven-knight-2205_bits_allied-meant-to-be-a-film-that-s-a-bit-d_1877349.jpg)
![“When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told the story, it had an affect on people. At its core, this was an effective story.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/steven-knight-2205_brad_when-brad-pitt-responded-to-allied-sudde_589762.jpg)
![“The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had a meeting with Brad [Pitt], just around the time that he was making World War Z. I basically told him the story and said, "This is what I want to do," and he really responded, so that…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/steven-knight-2205_able_the-time-came-where-i-was-able-to-write_1110760.jpg)
![“There were three options [in Allied], which were for [Bred Pitt] to shoot [Marion Cotillard], for them to escape, or for her to pull the trigger, which is a heroic act to spare him. When I was thinking about how it would end, a long time ago, I think I tried each of them to see, but two of them…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/steven-knight-2205_ends_there-were-three-options-in-allied-which_2038523.jpg)
![“What happened was I was invited to meet Tom [Hardy] to discuss a project that he had in his mind about an adventurer who returns to England from Africa with secrets and with a history, and the original idea was set some 80 years later than it is now. But in the conversation I really took to the…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/steven-knight-2205_adventurer_what-happened-was-i-was-invited-to-meet_1817956.jpg)
![“I was 21, when I heard the story that inspired this [thriller Allied], and I wasn't even a screenwriter then.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/steven-knight-2205_heard_i-was-21-when-i-heard-the-story-that-ins_1462790.jpg)
![“In terms of how [Allied] looks, it's fantastic and much better than I had hoped because it's so lush and so beautifully executed.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/steven-knight-2205_beautifully_in-terms-of-how-allied-looks-it-s-fantas_687250.jpg)
![“What I wanted to do [in Allied] was get two characters who fall in love for real, across the barricade, and then it transcends the war.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/steven-knight-2205_allied_what-i-wanted-to-do-in-allied-was-get-tw_811268.jpg)
