David Ayer Quotes


[If] you want to learn something about somebody, get into a fistfight. You'll learn more in five minutes than you will in five weeks of conversations. It's basic.


Citations

Galloway, Stephen. "Director Roundtable: Angelina Jolie, Bennett Miller, Richard Linklater, Christopher Nolan, Morten Tyldum, David Ayer." The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2014.

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David Ayer
David Ayer
  • Born: January 18, 1968
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter

David Ayer is an American filmmaker, best known for making crime films based in Los Angeles and which deal with gangs and police corruption. His screenplays include Training Day (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and S.W.A.T. (2003). He has also directed Harsh Times (2005), Street Kings (2008), End of Watch (2012), and Sabotage (2014). In 2016, he directed the superhero film Suicide Squad from the DC Extended Universe, and then the urban fantasy film Bright (2017) for Netflix. He has twice collaborated with actor Shia LaBeouf: first with the World War II drama Fury (2014), then the crime thriller The Tax Collector (2020). He has also collaborated with his friend Cle Shaheed Sloan who has appeared in four of his films.