I've had more reaction to 'Peaky' than anything. People react really intensely. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Whenever I see a cut of a film and something is gone, I don't notice it unless it obviously should have been… — Steven Knight Cinema Copy Share Image
There used to be grandparents who would say that if you were misbehaving the Peaky Blinders would get you, they were the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think it's always good not to listen to what the rules are supposed to be about the arc of the character… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Closed Circuit' came out of a general anxiety about surveillance. Government surveillance and private surveillance. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I want to make people see that evil is seductive and that we need to be careful. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
If I choose to direct something, it's because I don't think it would get accepted. — 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
[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years… — Steven Knight Attention Copy Share Image
I wouldn't put myself in that bracket, but it's one of those things. I think what helps is that we [with Tom… — Steven Knight Brackets Copy Share Image
It was great fun to do because of the central character. With The Girl in the Spider's Web, the girl is really… — Steven Knight Character 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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Any attempt to recreate a world of 1814, or 100 years before that - I think it's important to understand that the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I am definitely going to continue directing, but I am always going to try to explore new ways of making films. It… — Steven Knight Cinema Copy Share Image
I think once those friendships, if you use that as an analogy, the friendships between the audience and the character is established,… — Steven Knight Analogies 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… — Steven Knight Communication Copy Share Image
It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
When I was probably about 10 or 11, and I found it was simply something I could do. When you're at school… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I wanted to take a damaged individual in a damaged society with damaged relationships between nations and take a look at how… — Steven Knight Character Copy Share Image
True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely. It's always good to have a world that people don't… — Steven Knight Fresh snow Copy Share Image
There's a grown-upness about television now that wasn't there before. You do know you're doing stuff for adults who can tell the… — Steven Knight 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 Creation Copy Share Image
I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
In history there's what's written down and there's what actually happened. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Writing, when it works, one needs to access whatever it is that creates dreams. — Steven Knight Access Copy Share Image
[Woman Walks Ahead] is from me being a very bizarre child. From the age of about 8 to the age of about… — Steven Knight Age Copy Share Image
I love the BBC. I love working with the BBC. They leave you alone; they give you zero notes. It's like being… — Steven Knight Alone Copy Share Image
Taboo' certainly isn't a commentary on other types of period drama. It's just a different way of tackling one. — Steven Knight Drama Copy Share Image
My mum was a bookies' runner at nine years old and my dad's uncles were Peaky Blinders and gangsters. — 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… — Steven Knight Fantastic Copy Share Image
I remember going to Birmingham City matches as a kid and there were these other kids in Small Heath who had their… — Steven Knight City Copy Share Image
Now because the film industry is what it is, if people are expecting a certain film genre and they're not getting it,… — Steven Knight Cinema 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… — Steven Knight Amazing grace Copy Share Image
Well directing TV is very time-consuming, so if you are going to direct TV, a season will take a year out of… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The problem with prequels is you're limiting yourself as to where it can go. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I'm a big Birmingham City supporter and seeing the fans dressed as Peaky Blinders is one of my proudest moments. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I relish the eight-hour format of a single season because it gives you time to do that. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Making a film is hard because you're not dealing with the intangible. When you're writing, it's perfect because it's only in your… — Steven Knight Cinema Copy Share Image
You meet people and you hear the way they talk and the way they behave, and that subconsciously gets fed into the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see… — 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.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/steven-knight-2205_appropriate_it-s-great-that-the-story-allied-is-set_2177500.jpg)
![“[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years before, who knows how it would have looked, but it's got the best possible cast, director and everything. It's been fantastic. It was worth waiting.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/steven-knight-2205_attention_allied-got-the-attention-of-director-bob_1070770.jpg)
![“I wouldn't put myself in that bracket, but it's one of those things. I think what helps is that we [with Tom Hardey] don't socialize, we don't really know each other, we purely work together.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/steven-knight-2205_brackets_i-wouldn-t-put-myself-in-that-bracket-bu_1928537.jpg)
![“It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in the Second World War, when lots of people were doing things that, outside of a war, you wouldn't do, like killing and dropping bombs. She's doing things that one wouldn't approve of, but…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/steven-knight-2205_actresses_it-has-to-be-an-actress-like-marion-coti_1913052.jpg)
![“I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay [Allied].” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/steven-knight-2205_happens_i-always-thought-it-would-never-happen-a_932011.jpg)
![“[Woman Walks Ahead] is from me being a very bizarre child. From the age of about 8 to the age of about 15, I was obsessed with Native Americans.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/steven-knight-2205_age_woman-walks-ahead-is-from-me-being-a-ver_2701409.jpg)
![“Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see people dress like that and take on the look.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/steven-knight-2205_blinders_snoop-dog-said-peaky-blinders-reminded-h_1945839.jpg)