Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

When I start something, I know people I am working with, it's a project they're interested in.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

I prefer writing originals.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

I like movies that pop, that have a little bit of candy on, that freedom to have a little bit of extra fun, but are rooted in real behaviour. Rooted in cause and effect, never violating reality.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

I wanted to try before I got too old to try to do a big movie and I'd been looking for something to do that was interesting enough to spend those two years of my life on.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

The screenwriters I know share a few personality traits and one of them is anxiety.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.

Tony Gilroy
Tony Gilroy

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.