Latest Kenneth Lonergan Quotes from Interviews

• The world doesn't grieve when you're grieving. The world goes on about its business. You're having a good day and I'm having a bad one and vice versa. And they could be very good and very bad at the same time. You multiply that by seven billion and you have one element of human experience.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Good Day, Grieving, World

• When you're a man, you're often in situations where you have to decide how far you're going to go in an argument. How big is the other guy? All this stuff that girls don't have to worry about as much, because that's not part of the equation.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Girl, Men, Worry

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think the more dangerous and dire the political circumstances seem, the more you attach value to anything that shows you why a human being is a human being or human experience or view of the world in that way.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Thinking, Views, Political

  "When the world feels dangerous, films showing the human experience are key, directors say". Interview with Mark Olsen and Yvonne Villarreal, www.latimes.com. January 5, 2017.

• The world is really heading in a very dangerous direction, it becomes that much more valuable and important to go to the movies and see human beings that are human beings.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Important, World, Dangerous

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I would love to take control of the entire universe and for five years you give every movie the same widespread distribution no matter what movie and see if there's a real discrepancy between people coming to see science-fiction films or superhero films. I seriously bet there would be no discernible difference.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Real, Years, Discrepancies Between

  "When the world feels dangerous, films showing the human experience are key, directors say". Interview with Mark Olsen and Yvonne Villarreal, www.latimes.com. January 5, 2017.

• [With theater] you draw the audience into the room as best you can, and in film, you can draw them into the room, you can draw them outside into the desert, you can take them out into the ocean, you can do all these amazing things.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Ocean, Desert, Rooms

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I don't think fast enough on my feet in terms of the writing to change the script too much when I'm shooting it. I like to have it set and done and know that I feel good about it and I might add a few lines here and there while we're shooting, if I think of a new joke, I might toss it in, but for the most part, I try to stick to the written script and have all the latitude exist within that.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Writing, Thinking, Feet

  "When the world feels dangerous, films showing the human experience are key, directors say". Interview with Mark Olsen and Yvonne Villarreal, www.latimes.com. January 5, 2017.

• I wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing when you're in the theater because everyone's there to protect the writing. When I had an idea for a film that I really cared about as my own, I wanted to direct it, and then I immediately became interested in directing in and of itself because it's such a deep art. You suddenly have all these tools at your disposal to tell the story.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Art, Writing, Ideas

  "When the world feels dangerous, films showing the human experience are key, directors say". Interview with Mark Olsen and Yvonne Villarreal, www.latimes.com. January 5, 2017.

• I've reached a new level of closeness with a new friend when I can make a joke at their expense. That's one of the great joys of life for me.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Joy, Levels, New Friends

  Source: www.gq.com

• I take it as a sign of intimacy and friendship when you feel comfortable enough with someone to have a little rough and tumble.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Littles, Intimacy, Enough

  Source: www.gq.com

• I trust my judgment when I think it's boring, dull, tepid and not interesting. That's important to listen to. And the same on the set. That's a little easier because you can see it in front of you and you can just see how great they are and you know you have something wonderful when they do something wonderful.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Thinking, Interesting, Important

  Source: collider.com

• Some actors really like to do only a few, some like Casey [Affleck] will do as many takes as there is electrical power. At some point, you'll say, "Listen, I think it's really good." And he'll say, "You sure? You sure? There's not some other way we should try it?"

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Thinking, Electrical Power, Trying

  Source: collider.com

• When you have people like Casey [Affleck] and Michelle Williams and they want to do more takes you don't say, "Sorry, that's it." And I also don't like to say, "It's fine, it's great." Unless it's clearly there.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Sorry, People, Want

  Source: collider.com

• I like to let the actors work the way they want to.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Actors, Want, Way

  Source: collider.com

• I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Couple, Thinking, Enough

  Source: collider.com

• There's a few people who I've accumulated over the years who I really trust to show a first cut to and to be helpful rather than unhelpful.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Cutting, Years, People

  Source: collider.com

• I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  Writing, Character, People

  Source: collider.com

• You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks...although the latter is much less realistic.

  Kenneth Lonergan

  New York, Empires, Film

  Source: collider.com

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