A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting. Dan Gilroy excitminenightcrawler Change image and share on social
Media is extraordinarily important and is an extraordinarily powerful tool. There's a reason that the first things that a rebellion or revolt will take is the media. The story you transmit is the story that becomes a given, or the narrative of a country and people. Dan Gilroy countryextraordinarilyimportant share on social
We rely on editors of blogs or websites and television stations to supply us these images, and the filter is becoming very thin and very porous. The ratings race for TV and websites is incredibly fierce, and one of the ways of getting people to watch is through graphic violent images. Dan Gilroy blogeditorfierce share on social
'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 careerdesiredie Change image and share on social
I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct. Dan Gilroy calldirectfree Change image and share on social
A number of years ago, I found a book of photography by Weegee; he was a crime photographer in the 1930s in New York. He was the first person to put a police scanner in a car and drive around. Dan Gilroy 1930sagobook Change image and share on social
Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films. Dan Gilroy 60s70samerica share on social
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 arcchangecharacter share on social
One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box. Dan Gilroy 70sboxcharacter Change image and share on social