Martin McDonagh Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.”

“I can't stand up in front of people. It just fills me with horror.”

“I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.”

“I realize that I am never going to grow up.”

“I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.”

“My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.”

“Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.”

“With a stage play, they can't cut a word; you can be in rehearsals every day, you cast it, you cast the director, too; the amount of control for a playwright is almost infinite, so you have that control over the finished product.”

“I fell into the theatre because I felt I was doing it well, and I stuck to it for the same reason.”

“I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.”