36 Quotes by Grant Heslov


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    I think it's more interesting to throw people into a story and let them catch up instead of explaining and feeling like you have to slow down for them. I think audiences, for the most part, they don't want to be ahead of you.

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    'Monuments Men' is a movie... I don't want to say for grown-ups, because some young folks could appreciate it, too. But if you're expecting 'Transformers,' you're going to be disappointed.

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    What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.

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    Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

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    Creatively, it's great, because when you write your own movies, you get to create whatever you want.

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    I don't make my living writing; I make my living as a producer and as a director.

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    I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do.

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