Jeff Nichols Quotes

I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.

It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more.

I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be in a room with a bunch of people working on a movie.

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

It certainly made a film writing career for me.

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

I started off writing kind of big summer, blockbustery kinds of movies, but at that time, I had no name, nobody knew who I was, and somebody told me I can't write movies that are going to cost $100 million to make and expect someone to buy them; it was just impractical.

Do you know how long it took me to write 'For a Few Dollars More'? Nine days.

I've been writing for years and developing my own films and editing with a friend of mine in Australia.

'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.

I was asked to do a reading of 'G.B.F.' and I loved the script. I thought it was one of the most amazing things I'd read, but it took a year to get a green light for production.

I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.

The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.

I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will play to film's strengths.

I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

'Hardware' came about because I had written quite a few scripts and hadn't had any luck getting them made.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.

Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that means.

'The Full Monty' was my first feature script, and I wasn't that skilled at it.

Although the odds are you're not gonna get the acting job you go out for, it's easier to successfully audition than it is to sit down for a few months and write a movie that's going to actually sell.