American - Director | April 11, 1944 -
The filmmakers always have a great level of control.
John Milius
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I've always had trouble with authority.
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'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.
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I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
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Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.
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Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.
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Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.
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I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.
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No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
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I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think it's just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him.
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Most artists think they're frauds anyway.
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I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.
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