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Quote by Shane Black

“I've turned down lots and lots of work. Things that could have made me some money.”

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Shane Black, born on December 16, 1961, is a renowned American screenwriter. His works primarily focus on action and science fiction genres, with his most famous contributions including the 'Iron Man' series and the 'Dark Knight' trilogy. Black is known for his tight scripts and profound character development. more

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“Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.”

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Author:Shane Black

“An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a cacophony and is, ultimately, quite boring.”

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“An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a gradual bringing together of all the separate threads of the plot. To see all of it coming together slowly is very rewarding for the audience.”

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Author:Shane Black

“I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of honesty. There's an honesty in fiction that's as effective or even more powerful than the honesty of our lives. We can find something that's genuinely true, like a chemistry between people or a statement that speaks to an audience.”

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Author:Shane Black

“I'm ashamed to say this, but I watched every episode of 'Starsky and Hutch' as a kid. I loved that show, but now I think it's stupid - they'd have a car chase for no reason, then Paul Michael Glaser would shoot the car and it would blow up.”

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Author:Shane Black

“Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then I started to get some backlash. Which I didn't mind.”

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Author:Shane Black

“Probably my favorite piece of music, as an album taken as a whole, is Bruce Springsteen's 'Greetings from Asbury Park.' I just think it's incredibly pure. It's a sound that sort of broke new ground, and I think it paved the way for a hundred people that sound very similar.”

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Author:Shane Black

“The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like small or big, or quiet or expansive. It's all just one loud shout.”

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Author:Shane Black

“I think swag is very important to rappers. It's the overall appearance and style of an artist - these blue shorts and this blue hat and this $80,000 chain, this jewelry and all these tattoos, that's swag.”

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“Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.”

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Author:Soulja Boy