49 Quotes by Christopher McQuarrie

Action to me is something very fun to shoot.

I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's great.

Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it.

To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another, and a movie is yet another. Theres even reverence to a screenplay.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

If you're surrounded by good people and you're really honest with yourself, you'll be delivered.

My films do very well on home video.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.