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Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s.

I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.

When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.

What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.

Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it.

Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's great.

I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's great.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.

There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I've rewritten other films and watched my writing be mutilated, but luckily, it's been mutilated anonymously.

I've rewritten other films and watched my writing be mutilated, but luckily, it's been mutilated anonymously.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: My films do very well on home video.

My films do very well on home video.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Action to me is something very fun to shoot.

Action to me is something very fun to shoot.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: The biggest challenge is not coming up with the stunt, the biggest challenge is designing a sequence around it that sort of justifies its existence.

The biggest challenge is not coming up with the stunt, the biggest challenge is designing a sequence around it that sort of justifies its existence.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: If you're surrounded by good people and you're really honest with yourself, you'll be delivered.

If you're surrounded by good people and you're really honest with yourself, you'll be delivered.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: 'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.

'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving.

The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I am not interested in telling you what to think. My job is to show you what I think. Period.

I am not interested in telling you what to think. My job is to show you what I think. Period.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.

I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: With 'Rubicon,' Mark Long and Dan Capel have created the perfect environment for an intense action franchise.

With 'Rubicon,' Mark Long and Dan Capel have created the perfect environment for an intense action franchise.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city.

I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular.

I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I think it's a lot easier to tell a war story about two sides of a conflict with one another as opposed to one side in conflict with itself.

I think it's a lot easier to tell a war story about two sides of a conflict with one another as opposed to one side in conflict with itself.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I always feel like an outsider. I'll always feel like the nerd at the party.

I always feel like an outsider. I'll always feel like the nerd at the party.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.

The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Oh my God, you look at all the uniforms in Star Wars, and it's all Nazi iconography.

Oh my God, you look at all the uniforms in Star Wars, and it's all Nazi iconography.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Scripts don't get movies made.

Scripts don't get movies made.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out.

I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.

While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely.

Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd.

Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.

A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.

Christopher McQuarrie quotes: For everything you give an audience, you always have to take one thing away. They always have to pay for the story.

For everything you give an audience, you always have to take one thing away. They always have to pay for the story.