Author: John Sayles

Quotes

I made it about a three-day weekend so people wouldn't have to change their clothes a lot. We didn't have an art department; we didn't have a make-up department.

I made it about a three-day weekend so people wouldn't have to change their clothes a lot. We didn't have an art department; we didn't have a make-up department.

- John Sayles

I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book.

I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book.

- John Sayles

I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies were made by the cowboys and that they just said, 'Okay, you fall off the horse this time.'

I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies were made by the cowboys and that they just said, 'Okay, you fall off the horse this time.'

- John Sayles

For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

- John Sayles

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.

- John Sayles

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