Christopher McQuarrie Quotes & Sayings

“I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular.”

“I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out.”

“I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.”

“Oh my God, you look at all the uniforms in Star Wars, and it's all Nazi iconography.”

“The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving.”

“While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.”

“There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.”

“What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.”

“History tends to take the simplest possible view. As soon as you start to scratch the surface of any historical event, it starts to become more and more complicated, which is not the stuff of Hollywood films. Complications tend to break down the budget.”

“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.”