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John Milius Quotes
m a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them. - John Milius Quotes
A lot of directors dont know what they want to do. Every director Ive seen that was a good director that Ive admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didnt sit there and think about it. - John Milius Quotes
A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization. - John Milius Quotes
Also, they dont understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language. - John Milius Quotes
Anybody can direct a movie, and sit there. The mechanics of directing a movie are very, very simple. You can figure that out in about three hours. - John Milius Quotes
But, I mean, egotism is not a good quality. Its not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldnt be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldnt be tolerated in a movie director. - John Milius Quotes
Everybodys a filmmaker today. - John Milius Quotes
Films are always pretentious. Theres nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker. - John Milius Quotes
I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry. - John Milius Quotes
I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they dont make it very easy to live your life. - John Milius Quotes
I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden. - John Milius Quotes
I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways. - John Milius Quotes
I hardly said a word to my wife until I said yes to divorce. - John Milius Quotes
I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me. - John Milius Quotes
I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired. - John Milius Quotes
I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think its just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him. - John Milius Quotes
I think when I started in the business, when I had my first aspirations of being in the business, I sort of pictured an idyllic life. - John Milius Quotes
Ive always been able to survive by writing, though. - John Milius Quotes
Ive always had trouble with authority. - John Milius Quotes
Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way. - John Milius Quotes
Most artists think theyre frauds anyway. - John Milius Quotes
Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage. - John Milius Quotes
No, youre either born a writer, a storyteller, or youre not. - John Milius Quotes
The filmmakers always have a great level of control. - John Milius Quotes
There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasnt back in the days when they did Cleopatra, where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave. - John Milius Quotes
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People dont want to learn those skills. - John Milius Quotes
Yeah, I think thats it... Its like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too. - John Milius Quotes
Yeah, theres absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it made 5 million bucks - I dont even think it made that. - John Milius Quotes
You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics. - John Milius Quotes
You never know when youre going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually. - John Milius Quotes
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