John Sayles Quotes & Sayings

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33 most famous John Sayles quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 73 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?'”
John Sayles Quotes
“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.”
John Sayles Quotes
“I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.”
John Sayles Quotes
“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.”
John Sayles Quotes
“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.”
John Sayles Quotes
“I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book.”
John Sayles Quotes
“I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.”
John Sayles Quotes
“If you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day.”
John Sayles Quotes
“Michael Moore, whether you like him or hate him, has done something very important.”

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