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
I think Los Angeles is often portrayed as kind of a petri dish, where bad decisions start and then spread to the rest of the world. I don't see it that way. I feel Los Angeles is a place of almost primal struggle and survival. It's not a city that embraces its inhabitants. Dan Gilroy angelesbadcity share on social
News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society. Dan Gilroy disseminationentertainmentevent share on social
A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree. Dan Gilroy caredegreeemotion Change image and share on social
I had heard about the nightcrawling world, and I'm very aware that there are tens of millions of young people around the world who are facing bleak employment prospects. Dan Gilroy awarebleakemployment Change image and share on social
I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it. Dan Gilroy convincedirectorlot Change image and share on social
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 choicedegreefamily Change image and share on social
There are a lot of sociopaths running around who are probably our friends, if not us, and we don't know it. Dan Gilroy friendlotrun Change image and share on social
My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision. Dan Gilroy careercreditdissimilar 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
