“It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like treading on fresh snow. You're the first one there.” PeopleKnowsWorldFirstsDoneSnowTreadingFresh Snow Author:Steven Knight
“[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years before, who knows how it would have looked, but it's got the best possible cast, director and everything. It's been fantastic. It was worth waiting.” IfsKnowsYearsMadeWaitingAttentionKnow HowDirectorsCastsGladFantasticBob Author:Steven Knight
“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].” ThinkingKnowsLooksHas BeensSexCarAbsolutesFantasticTriumphAwkwardCould Have BeenRooftopsSandstorms Author:Steven Knight
“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.” KnowsWritingActorsBitsCapableRelax Author:Steven Knight
“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.” KnowsPagesLaysLuxuryPlus Author:Steven Knight
“There's more to come. Series 4 [of Peaky Blinders] is coming soon. But I'm proud of making my hometown, which is considered to be completely unfashionable, slightly fashionable. People actually know where it is now.” PeopleKnowsProudSeriesFashionableHometownBlinders 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
“I wouldn't put myself in that bracket, but it's one of those things. I think what helps is that we [with Tom Hardey] don't socialize, we don't really know each other, we purely work together.” ThinkingKnowsHelpingTogetherWorking TogetherTomsBrackets Author:Steven Knight
“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.” KnowsWayTwoRealCharacterSoundSpaceBest WayPlot Author:Steven Knight
