51 Quotes by Robert Ben Garant

I would say, A, you can't really teach anyone how to write good characters, because it's something you have to teach yourself or already have innately in you as a storyteller, and, B, coming up with a good screenplay is a very, very small fraction of what it takes to be a good screenwriter.

When I walk out of a movie that's actually good, I write emails to anybody I know who was involved with it.

If a movie has three decent scenes and a decent character, I think, 'OK, at least they got that guy right.'

Most movies were always terrible.

When we were doing 'Viva Variety,' we knew, 'Boy, this really cracks us up, but this is not for everybody. This is a little weird.'

Sketch shows change gears so drastically every two minutes. I think sketch shows are for sketch fans; they're not really for everybody.

I think with any movie, directing is more in the preparation. You just have to prepare for everything that's going to happen.

Sometimes when you do a whole script, you hand it off, and it gets rewritten by a bunch of people, and people don't really get that much of a sense of how funny you can be.

If you have a writing partner that you don't share a work ethic with, it's doomed.