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Grant Heslov Biography

Actor

Grant Heslov, born on May 15, 1963, is an accomplished American actor with a rich career in film and television. He is known for his outstanding performances in various notable works.

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“I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.”

Years Different Millions Directors Training Sat

Author:Grant Heslov

“Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Needs Looks Helping Actors Know How Directors Helpful Unsuccessful

Author:Grant Heslov

“What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.”

Want Years Long Film Three Found Havens Direct Producers Right Thing Three Years

Author:Grant Heslov

“A lot of the art that was destroyed was painted and created by Jews. A lot of that is gone because that was degenerative art. That's what Hitler was trying to get rid of.”

Trying Art Gone Jew Destroyed

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“The Ides of March was a fairly cynical film.”

Film March Cynical Ides Of March

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“I didnt want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.”

Want Three Lines Roles

Author:Grant Heslov

“There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.”

Bits Directors Be Good Good Directors

Author:Grant Heslov

“Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.”

Thinking Writing Stories Bigs Hardest Puzzles Screenplays

Author:Grant Heslov

“You really have to get out of an actor's head to write because actors only care about their part and it revolves around their part so "This is the important part because this is the part where..." .”

Writing Important Care Actors

Author:Grant Heslov

“As a writer, you know what the purpose of the scene is. It really has nothing to do with the actor so you have to really get out of that space because for actors it's a micro-focus and then you figure out your arc through what the writers have given you to say. But that arc is just one little piece of the huge arc of the whole film. It took a while to get out of that.”

Knows Littles Whole Film Purpose Actors Given Space Focus Pieces Figures Huge Scene Just One Arcs

Author:Grant Heslov

“We usually break the story first. For instance, on The Monuments Men, and this one is more complicated because there's a lot of history, so before we started, we sat down with Robert Edsel, the author of the book, for about a week, and basically, he just gave us a lecture and went through everything. And then, I had a researcher, somebody who we had actually used on Argo.”

Men Firsts Book Stories Used Break Week Complicated Instance Sat Lectures Monument Researchers Argo

Author:Grant Heslov

About the Author

Born: May 15, 1963
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 11

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