Tony Gilroy People Quotations

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done.

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

When I start something, I know people I am working with, it's a project they're interested in.

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.

What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who know everything. I've worked with people who were empty and lost, who had no clue what they were doing. You wouldn't hire them to paint your apartment. And then there's everything in-between. There's no list of skills you have to have to sit in that chair.

Different people work different ways.