Steven Knight Quotes - Page 3

• What happened was I was invited to meet Tom [Hardy] to discuss a project that he had in his mind about an adventurer who returns to England from Africa with secrets and with a history, and the original idea was set some 80 years later than it is now. But in the conversation I really took to the idea and I'd wanted for a while to set something in 1830 and 1840 in London, so it struck a chord.

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  Years, Ideas, Secret

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• [Taboo] has been exactly the same as working with the BBC in that creatively they do that precious thing which is to only make a comment when a comment needs to be made.

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  Needs, Made, Precious Things

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• Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see people dress like that and take on the look.

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  Dog, People, Dresses

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• In terms of how [Allied] looks, it's fantastic and much better than I had hoped because it's so lush and so beautifully executed.

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  Looks, Fantastic, Term

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• It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you can relax a bit.

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  Writing, Relax, Actors

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• Expect the unexpected, is what I'd say about Taboo. It's different. I don't think you've seen anything like it. It's getting incredible responses, so fingers crossed.

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  Thinking, Different, Unexpected

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• The sandstorm, which I think is an absolute triumph, could have been awkward. It's sex in a car, so who knows. And I think the rooftops look fantastic [in Allied].

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  Sex, Thinking, Car

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• There [in Allied] was depicting London in the war, as well, and doing that in a way where you see something that you don't normally see, which is how hedonistic it was. In reality, that's what was going on. But, all of it worked.

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  War, Reality, London

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• There were three options [in Allied], which were for [Bred Pitt] to shoot [Marion Cotillard], for them to escape, or for her to pull the trigger, which is a heroic act to spare him. When I was thinking about how it would end, a long time ago, I think I tried each of them to see, but two of them did not work.

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  Thinking, Two, Long

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• What I wanted to do [in Allied] was get two characters who fall in love for real, across the barricade, and then it transcends the war.

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  Falling In Love, Real, War

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• It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in the Second World War, when lots of people were doing things that, outside of a war, you wouldn't do, like killing and dropping bombs. She's doing things that one wouldn't approve of, but it's war.

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  War, People, Bombs

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• It's great that the story [Allied] is set in the '40s because the '40s feel to it is completely appropriate.

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  Stories, Feels, Appropriate

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• You know that when you suggest something on the page, it's going to be there, plus more. It's a great luxury to know that you don't have to push it. You just lay it out, and it will be there.

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  Luxury, Pages, Plus

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• I didn't direct [the Taboo episodes]. I wrote all of them.

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  Episodes, Taboo, Direct

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• I've been writing so much. And what happens with TV is that they split [Taboo] into two blocks, so you get a director that does four and another director that does another four. You commit yourself to seven days a week, for 12 or 13 hour days for a long time. I couldn't really do that.

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  Block, Writing, Two

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• The story [of Allied ] itself is the story I wrote, and that's what's great about Bob [Zemeckis ]. You have meetings, but it's meetings for clarity, not to change what they're saying or doing. He takes what's on the page and executes it so brilliantly.

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  Pages, Stories, Bob

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• [Woman Walks Ahead] is from me being a very bizarre child. From the age of about 8 to the age of about 15, I was obsessed with Native Americans.

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  Children, Native American, Age

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• [The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain] is so good that I've got high hopes.

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  Long, Age, Looks

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• There [in Allied] were things that were written that were cut, and things that were shot that were cut, but if the film works, they are erased from memory.

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  Memories, Cutting, Film

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• A commission and an original are two different things, and both have their virtues and vices. A commission is a bit more collaborative, in that you outline the story that you think should be told, and then you write it.

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  Escribir, Pensar, Dos

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• It felt [at the Allied set] like, "At last, I'm in Hollywood," even though I was in West London. It was like, "This is how a film should be made." It was beautiful.

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  Beautiful, London, Lasts

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• With FX in particular, they've been fantastic and were really hands off. I mean, it helps that you've got Ridley Scott on your side.

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  Mean, Hands, Your Side

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• In other words, when you have someone [like Ridley Scott] with that authority, then you tend to be left alone. But they were good and they're really good people, and I'm a big champion of the BBC and I think that like minds find each other and I think that FX and BBC is a perfect match.

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  Pensamiento, Gente, Perfecto

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• I find the best way to make things real is to just put two characters into a space and let them talk to each other in the way that they would talk to each other, and then see what they would say. I know it sounds weird, but that leads the plot and takes you in another direction.

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  Real, Character, Two

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• I'm not suggesting that ours [series] is unique in that, but they can begin to have that depth, that gravity, they can spend some time, so it's a bit more like reading a good novel, if you like.

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  Reading, Unique, Depth

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