Accepting Quote by Harold Ramis

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

— Anton Chekhov

“There's an old rule of theater that goes, 'If there's a gun on the mantel in Act I, it must go off in Act…

— Stephen King

If there's a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two. If you…

— Anton Chekhov

If someone fires a gun in a movie, it should always be a big deal. I don't like movies where someone shoots at someone…

— Shane Black

One of the horribly frustrating things about writing feature films is the rules everyone applies and says, 'You have to do this by the…

— Steven Knight

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.

— Tod Goldberg

Any time anyone fires bullets in an action movie that don't hit the target it immediately undermines the movie.

— Shane Black

If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.

— Anton Chekhov

Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first…

— Simon Pegg

If you've got a gun law that criminals will obey, why not just turn it into a murder law that criminals will obey-then we…

— Anonymous

I enjoy making action movies. Now I understand why people want a gun, it gives you the feeling of power.

— Lucy Liu

Guns don't walk into a theater by themselves and shoot people. You have to look at who's behind it, who's behind the trigger?

— Kimberly Guilfoyle