Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrieis an American screenwriter, director and producer. A regular collaborator of director Bryan Singer, he co-wrote the screenplay of Singer's Public Access, wrote the screenplay for The Usual Suspects, co-wrote and produced Valkyrie and co-wrote Jack the Giant Slayer and Edge of Tomorrow...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth31 May 1968
CityPrinceton Junction, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.
What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.
Look: the day I've made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody can say, 'Then you probably made the worst movie of your entire career.'
When you're making a film, you don't really have time to consider what the whole of your film is. And then, when you're releasing your film and promoting your film, you're looking at it in a different way. Then, as you move away from it, you start to look at it objectively and think, 'What could I have done better?'
I'm saying, let's learn to reacquire a respect for the power of guns. This culture is so indifferent and disrespectful of guns that we should be terrified.
I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.
I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s.
Oh my God, you look at all the uniforms in Star Wars, and it's all Nazi iconography.
The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you could make movies exclusively where there was no violence.
I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city.
With 'Rubicon,' Mark Long and Dan Capel have created the perfect environment for an intense action franchise.
'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.
Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.
Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely.