“When you're watching, I find two things happen. You either watch a film and it's really good and then you think, "Why can't I do that?" Or you watch a film and it's not good, and you think, "Why am I doing this?" So either way, it feels like being at work.” ThinkingWayFeelsTwoHappensFilmWatchesThings HappenTwo Things Author:Steven Knight
“It's great that the story [Allied] is set in the '40s because the '40s feel to it is completely appropriate.” FeelsStoriesAppropriate Author:Steven Knight
“Suddenly, after years of television being the poor relation and film being everything, it now feels like film is a conjuring trick. It's like, "Oh, my god, how are you going to do that in 90 minutes, as opposed to eight hours?! I've got so little time to do this!" It becomes an art form, in itself. Doing both helps you do each one.” FeelsYearsLittlesArtHelpingFilmFormHoursPoorMinutesTelevisionRelationEightTricksLittle TimeConjuring Author:Steven Knight
“With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have the characters feel as much as possible like characters that you would know.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingCharacterForgetPiecesPeriodsContemporaryThings To Do Author:Steven Knight
“You work, especially in the movie business more than in TV, but you have an environment where people feel obliged to have an input because that's what they do, and I think sometimes it can clutter things up and make things more problematic.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSometimesEnvironmentTvsObligedClutterInputMovie Business Author:Steven Knight
“I'm always interested in characters who are closed down, but who open up when they choose to, rather than when they're obliged to. I think that's a very appealing thing, for an audience and just in life. I like the idea that something will say nothing, and then get straight to the point. That feels like how your heroes should be.” ThinkingFeelsShouldIdeasCharacterAudienceHeroObliged Author:Steven Knight
