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'To Die For,' with Nicole Kidman, is great - her desire to be a part of news, how she uses news to further her career and how it can drive you insane. I love that movie.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Career Desire Die Drive Further Great Her How Insane Love Movie News Nicole Part She Uses You I Love

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Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: About Arc Became Better Change Character Commissioned Creates Every Film Ideas Messages More Prominent World Write You

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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: About Against Bottom Bottom Line Care Choices Competing Dignity Feel Get Human Human Dignity Increasingly Line Make Much Other People Position Regard Respect Things Who Will World I Feel

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A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Cement Downtown Lot Times

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I think there's a connection with 'Nightcrawler' and 'Blowup' and other films where visual imagery is integral to the story. It allows you to play with images.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Connection Films Imagery Images Integral Other Play Story Think Visual Where You I Think

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Has Werner Herzog ever said anything that wasn't true? What a brilliant fountain of wisdom. Everything he touches I'm just fascinated by.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Anything Brilliant Ever Everything Fascinated Fountain He Just Said True Wisdom

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All of us have a bit of a sociopath inside of us, and it's wrong to think that somebody is just clearly sociopathic, because they're not. It's interesting to explore the shadings and nuances within a person. Those feelings exist within more human beings than people may want to acknowledge.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Acknowledge Because Beings Bit Clearly Exist Explore Feelings Human Human Beings Inside Interesting Just May More Nuances People Person Somebody Than Think Those Us Want Within Wrong

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The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Choice Choices Degree Family Friends Given God Love No Choice Ourselves Some Thank Thank God Unlike Which I Love

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I moved to L.A. and watched a lot of local television news, and I started to see the burn logos up on the upper right hand corner - On-Scene Video, RMG Media Group, and all these other ones. I just became intrigued with it.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Became Burn Corner Group Hand Intrigued Just Local Logos Lot Media Moved News Other Right Right Hand See Started Television Television News Up Upper Video Watched

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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Always Convince Director First-Time Lot People Ready Think I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 24th, 1959

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