Quotes by Simon Kinberg - Page 1

I just want to keep learning.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Keep Learning
Want
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All I can say is, death is a part of life.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
I Can
Parts Of Life
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I'm Jewish, so I don't know much about easter eggs.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Easter
Easter Egg
Eggs
Jewish
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Every movie has its complexities and its challenges.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Challenges
Complexity
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I'm more fascinated by anti-heroes, and Gambit is one of those.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Fascinated
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Part of what I love about producing is to get to work with writers.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Producing
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Nothing lives up to what you imagine. It changes, shifts, becomes something else.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Shifts
Something Else
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There are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Book
Comic
Comic Book
Writers
Remain
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Usually, you just have a hero and a villain - in any movie, not just a superhero movie.
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Superhero
Villain
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You've got to trust [that] your own compass will lead you away from whatever mistakes were made.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Compass
Made
Mistake
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Should a story be readily told in a PG-13 fashion, it should be for creative, not business, reasons.
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Readily
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When I'm writing a first draft of a script, I can disappear into that for two, three months exclusively.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Disappear
Draft
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One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Dialogue
Hustler
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I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Art
People
Want
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The biggest challenge is not the storytelling, it's to track every character's arc through the entire movie.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Challenges
Character
Track
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I'm like a geek that grew up playing with Star Wars toys and creating action sequences, essentially, with toys.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Star Wars
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There is a religion around 'Star Wars' that is different than even the fanaticism around comic books and other media.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Religion
Comic
Fanaticism
Media
Books
Star
Comic Books
Wars
Star Wars
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In the 'Days Of Future Past' comic, the aim is to go back in time to preserve peace for the lives of mutants in the future.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Aim
Preserve
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The thing that's interesting about science fiction is that it is always, when it is done well, a lens on our world. And yet it is a metaphor.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Metaphor
Our World
Science World Science Fiction
Lens
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The success of 'Deadpool' and 'Logan' have bolstered our confidence to make edgy, more daring, provocative bold movies that audiences will embrace.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Confidence
Daring
Edgy
Embrace
Provocative
Audiences
Bold
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'Deadpool' feels like it exploded out of nowhere, but it was a ten-year development process on that movie. I think it was honed over those ten years.
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Nowhere
Exploded
Ten Years
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We take the R-rating on a case by case basis when the story warrants it and necessitate that rating, and shouldn't be hemmed by the rules of PG or PG-13.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Rating
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Make movies you love because it's miserable. Every movie I've worked on at one point or another is exhausting, and you feel like you're making a bad movie.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Like You
Love Is
Miserable
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Part of what's interesting about the 'Star Wars' world is, villains are complex, obviously, and they occupy, as in life, different roles within different organizations.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Star
Complex
Wars
Different Roles
Obviously
Star Wars
Villains
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I produce more movies than I write, but when I write, it is such an immersive, intense process that it probably takes as much or more time than producing multiple movies.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Intense
Multiple
Producing
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I love the 'Dark Knight' movies, and 'Dark Knight' and the last one are well over two hours, and I could've sat there for three and a half hours, so if it's good you have some leeway.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Dark
Half
Half Hours
Hours
Sat
Three
Love Good Movies
Last
Leeway
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Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Ems
Good Movie
Long
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When you're a writer in Hollywood, you don't get to work with other writers. You barely get to meet other writers. We're interchangeable, disposable pieces that never really get to collaborate.
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Disposable
Barely
Interchangeable
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Quentin [Tarantino] is a filmmaker who really dives into things very seriously and deeply. And when he does interviews, he really wears his heart on his sleeve and he doesn't hold anything back.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Doe
Heart
Interviews
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As wild and anarchistic as 'Deadpool''s marketing was in using the Internet, its viral pieces and billboards, 'Logan' was the opposite. We went really analog and old-fashioned, much like the movie itself.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Analog
Billboards
Marketing
Viral
Wild
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The biggest lesson learned from 'X-Men: The Last Stand' or 'X3' was that if you are going to tell a Phoenix story, tell the Phoenix story. Don't make it the subplot of the movie. Make it the plot of the movie.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Phoenix
Plot
Biggest Lesson
Lesson
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The most important thing for me in an action sequence is, you understand the characters' intention and the challenges the characters are going to have to face: what the character story is within the action sequence.
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Intention
Sequence
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I write every first draft - almost every draft, but certainly the first - by hand on blank white pieces of paper, so I don't know how long it is as I'm writing; it just piles up, and then I input it all in my computer, and I learn how long it is.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Blank
Computer
Input
Paper
Draft
Piles
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I think the best science fiction, especially literature, is political in nature and is often an allegory about something problematic in our world, and it's something that makes the 'X-Men' comics so relevant - they're about xenophobia and prejudice.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Xenophobia
Allegory
Our World
Prejudice
Relevant
Science Fiction
Comics
Problematic
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I thought working in other universes that had a lot of history - and I had personal affection for, like 'Sherlock Holmes' or the 'X-Men' movies - would prepare me for it. But the truth is, there is nothing and has never been anything like 'Star Wars.'
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Affection
Holmes
Prepare
Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes
Star Wars
Universes
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When you're actually inside the experience of writing something, in some ways, you're just writing. Ultimately, you fall in love with the characters, and you get excited about the story, and you're sitting there in your sweatpants or pajamas, and you do get a little lost in it.
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Pajamas
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I feel pressure as a fan. I don't really feel pressure from the fans, if that makes sense. I worked on other movies, like the X-Men movies, that have big fan followings. And if you start to get lost in those voices, you will be completely lost. I feel the pressure of the 6-year-old me.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
X Men
Men
Voice
Years
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I hope that 'Gambit' doesn't take ten years, but it takes a little honing to get that tone and that voice exactly right. The character has such a specific voice in the comic, in the same way that Deadpool has a specific voice in the comic, that we want to make sure that we capture that voice on the page.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Capture
Honing
Tone
Ten Years
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I came out of film school and went after movies that I thought audiences wanted to see or that the studios wanted, as opposed to the movies that I wanted. Over the last 10 years, I've gravitated more and more toward the films that I grew up loving - classic Spielberg, Lucas, James Cameron and Ridley Scott movies.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Lasts
School
Years
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Both as a filmmaker and as a fan I love the behind-the-scenes stuff, I like it even more than deleted scenes frankly. Especially when you're happy with the movie and you're proud of it, those deleted scenes give you also a sense of the making of the film and the process through which you end up with the final product.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Fans
Giving
Stuff I Like
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I think change is happening in ways we can't anticipate yet because the whole generation of viewers who are viewing films - film may not be the appropriate word in years to come. I'm excited about the possibility of new types of storytelling; that to me is less daunting. I'm excited by how we'll evolve with those formats thematically, tonally and in narrative.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
Generations
Thinking
Years
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I've always been curious what the negotiation is because obviously there's certain movies that every film wants a trailer on, like Star Wars, and I don't know how Disney makes the decisions as to what it does and doesn't put on there. I'm assuming that whatever movies are the same studio as the film get first priority, but then everybody else is fighting for the remaining spots.
Simon Kinberg / Screenwriter
War
Fighting
Stars
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