Frank Darabont Quotes - BrainyQuote

American - Director Born: January 28, 1959

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

Great Ideas Depend Some

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

Person Only Who Make

Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.

Drawing Walls Storytelling Visual

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

Way Story Director Get

I think once you've finished a movie you really have to detach from it so that you can come back and watch it as an audience member.

You Think Back Audience

To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film.

Me Film Artificial Length

I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

Long Think Story Tell

I am fascinated with times past.

I Am Past Am Fascinated

Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.

Love Hate Hell Boy

And I don't think I'm giving away any secrets here, but there are a lot of terrible scripts in this town.

Giving Think Secrets Here

The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together, we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another.

Good You Together Start

Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and they are completely unique... completely separate entities.

Me You People Look

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

Think Enough Back Like

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

Life Christmas Time Suicide

'The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

Amazing Powerful Sound Because

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

Career Being Years Hire

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