Top 23 Quotes by Grant Heslov

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

I didn't want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.

You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.

'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary.

'The Ides of March' was a fairly cynical film.

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do.

I don't make my living writing; I make my living as a producer and as a director.

When you look at a film like 'The Ides of March' or 'Good Night, and Good Luck' even, those are really contained pictures.

Generally, screenplays suck.