Cinema Quote by Kenneth Lonergan

I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it. I published…

— Kenneth Lonergan

I've reached a new level of closeness with a new friend when I can make a joke at their expense. That's one of the…

— Kenneth Lonergan

The world is really heading in a very dangerous direction, it becomes that much more valuable and important to go to the movies and…

— Kenneth Lonergan

[With theater] you draw the audience into the room as best you can, and in film, you can draw them into the room, you…

— Kenneth Lonergan

I like to let the actors work the way they want to.

— Kenneth Lonergan

When you're a man, you're often in situations where you have to decide how far you're going to go in an argument. How big…

— Kenneth Lonergan

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing,…

— Kenneth Lonergan

I take it as a sign of intimacy and friendship when you feel comfortable enough with someone to have a little rough and tumble.

— Kenneth Lonergan

I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times.

— Kenneth Lonergan

You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks...although the latter is much less realistic.

— Kenneth Lonergan

I think the more dangerous and dire the political circumstances seem, the more you attach value to anything that shows you why a human…

— Kenneth Lonergan

Some actors really like to do only a few, some like Casey [Affleck] will do as many takes as there is electrical power. At…

— Kenneth Lonergan