Griffin Dunne

New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they have to go, and it's been that way since the first skyscraper. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#first #go #inclined #leave #means

Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#after #although #ask #character #fact

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#actor #along #been #combine #director

But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had to work the party while everybody else was having a good time. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#called #else #everybody #everybody else #feeling

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#documentaries #filmmaking #inspired #me #narrative

Every movie is wildly different. So many of the problems are the same, but they take on different guises. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#every #guises #many #movie #problems

I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#became #came #film #first #i

I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#mcqueen #met #once #really #right

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#act #because #gave #got #i

I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early '80s. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#early #i #movies #produced #robinson