“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
“Just the idea that someone is married and they've got a kid, and he reports for work one morning and his boss says, "You're wife is a spy. Shoot her." In the real story, he just went back and did it, which would have been a short film. Therefore, I had to spend some time exploring what you would do.” Has BeensIdeasRealStoriesKidsFilmMorningWifeMarriedReportsBossExploringSpyShort FilmsReal Story Author:Steven Knight
“[Allied] meant to be a film that's a bit different. It's roots are in the '40s and '50s, and that sort of filmmaking style.” DifferentFilmBitsStyleRootsMeant To BeFilmmaking Author:Steven Knight
“Whenever I see a cut of a film and something is gone, I don't notice it unless it obviously should have been kept.” ShouldHas BeensFilmGoneCuttingShould HaveShould Have Been Author:Steven Knight
“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.” IfsFilmMemoriesCuttingWrittenShots Author:Steven Knight
“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.” ShouldMadeLastsBeautifulFilmFeltHollywoodWestLondonMade It Author:Steven Knight
“[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.” LooksLongAgeFilmWalksLong TimeGorgeousLong Time AgoJessica Author:Steven Knight
“Obviously, television is a writer's medium, so you get a lot more power and authority. With a film, the discipline is having a beginning, middle and end, and having it work in a specific space of time.” EndsFilmSpaceMiddleTelevisionDisciplineAuthorityMediumsBeginning Middle And End 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
“There's something about the evolution of television where it evolved from to the things that we're now watching and loving. It evolved from film writers, film actors, and I think gradually people are easing themselves into the amount of time they have.” PeopleThinkingFilmActorsTelevisionEvolutionAmountFilm Actors Author:Steven Knight
“I spoke to Tom's [Hardy] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film project that I've got, which is called Locke, and I need Tom to play the lead." And we spoke about both in that meeting and in the end the deal was that I would do Taboo if he did Locke and vice versa.” IfsNeedsMindSaidEndsPlayFilmDealsTalkingProjectsMeetingsVicesManagersSpokesTomsTabooVice VersaHardy Author:Steven Knight
