John Sayles Quotes & Sayings
33 most famous John Sayles quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 74 year old American director born on Sep 28, 1950.
“I remember being out here at the Sunset Marquis, and whoever knocked on the door, I would take that picture that I was writing and I would put that in the typewriter, so when I had the meeting, they would say: 'Oh, you're working on it right now?'”
“I made it about a three-day weekend so people wouldn't have to change their clothes a lot. We didn't have an art department; we didn't have a make-up department.”
“I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.”
“To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.'”
“I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.”
“I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente.”
“I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book.”
“I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.”
“If you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day.”
“Michael Moore, whether you like him or hate him, has done something very important.”
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