“I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad things for what they consider to be a good reason. Then the battle is on to almost prove to the audience that it's justified. How far can you go with that? How far can that character go before people won't accept it? Trying to walk to edge of that line is a challenge.” PeopleThinkingTryingPersonsReasonCharacterChallengesLinesWalksAcceptingBreakAudienceBattleProveEdgesBad ThingsJustifiedGood Person Author:Steven Knight
“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
“When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told the story, it had an affect on people. At its core, this was an effective story.” PeopleWayStoriesImpossibleCoreBrad Author:Steven Knight
“It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in the Second World War, when lots of people were doing things that, outside of a war, you wouldn't do, like killing and dropping bombs. She's doing things that one wouldn't approve of, but it's war.” PeopleWorldWarLevelsKillingActressesWar Of The WorldsBombsDroppingSecond World WarDropping Bombs Author:Steven Knight
“I read more and more and I came across this character, Caroline Weldon. Sometimes in history, you find these people that no one would dare create. They're too mad.” PeopleSometimesCharacterMadDare 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
“I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late Leonard Cohen was a fan. It struck a chord with various people that I didn't think it would.” PeopleThinkingThreeHoursTalkingFansLateSeriesVariousChordsBowieBlinders Author:Steven Knight
“Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see people dress like that and take on the look.” PeopleLooksSaidCultureDogInvolvedDressesGangFlatteringBlindersSnoop Dog Author:Steven Knight
“There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later.” PeopleYearsStillsWarAmericaAmountIndependenceForgottenUnbelievableAnimosity Author:Steven Knight
“East India Company weren't an evil organization that went around deliberately oppressing people, but they were driven by profit, and how familiar is that now?” PeopleEvilCompanyOrganizationIndiaProfitEastDrivenFamiliar Author:Steven Knight
“I think once those friendships, if you use that as an analogy, the friendships between the audience and the character is established, then you can start to take liberties. I believe that as this unfolds people will find the time invested worthwhile.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveCharacterUseI BelieveLibertyAudienceWorthwhileAnalogies 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 don't think that jealousy and love and hate and anger and all those things have changed in the past 200 years - people just express themselves differently.” PeopleThinkingYearsPastHateChangedAnd LoveLove And HateThings Have Changed 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
“In other words, when you have someone [like Ridley Scott] with that authority, then you tend to be left alone. But they were good and they're really good people, and I'm a big champion of the BBC and I think that like minds find each other and I think that FX and BBC is a perfect match.” PeopleThinkingMindBigsLeftPerfectAuthorityChampionGood PeopleLeft AlonePerfect Match Author:Steven Knight
