John Sayles

In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're also going to have people come who can do things that you can't do, and you get to direct their talents. ↗

— John Sayles

#come #direct #get #going #logistical

Michael Moore, whether you like him or hate him, has done something very important. ↗

— John Sayles

#hate #him #important #like #michael

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem. ↗

— John Sayles

#argument #been #bush #comes #democracy

The media in America has become so cowed and compromised. ↗

— John Sayles

#become #compromised #media

Those are fun, especially if they're going to shoot them in four weeks, because you know they're not going to mess with anything you do, so it can be very imaginative. ↗

— John Sayles

#because #especially #four #fun #going

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.' ↗

— John Sayles

#character #day #dialogue #feel #get

Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old. ↗

— John Sayles

#acting #cheap #guild #happened #i

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories. ↗

— John Sayles

#know #really #screenwriter #stories #such