Kenneth Lonergan Quotes

I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it. I published the one we produced, but there are seven other versions with different variations sitting in my desk at home.

There's something about the impact of a big screen that means something to me, even though I realize almost every film is fated to be seen for a year in theaters, and then forever after on television.

It's not a character flaw to become an adult.

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people.

You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks ... although the latter is much less realistic.

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.

I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.

I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times.

I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.

Some actors really like to do only a few, some like Casey [Affleck] will do as many takes as there is electrical power. At some point, you'll say, "Listen, I think it's really good." And he'll say, "You sure? You sure? There's not some other way we should try it?"

I like to let the actors work the way they want to.