I think what I’ve recognized over the years is that I’m very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing. – Tony Gilroy
I like movies that pop, that have a little bit of candy on, that freedom to have a little bit of extra fun, but are rooted in real behaviour. Rooted in cause and effect, never violating reality. – Tony Gilroy
If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done. – Tony Gilroy
A reversal is just anything that’s a surprise. It’s a way of keeping the audience interested. – Tony Gilroy
I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I’m writing in the beginning and sketching. – Tony Gilroy
Corporations are like countries now, there’s a king, there are serfs, there’s a court, basically everything but moats. They’re feudal societies, and there are good ones and bad ones. – Tony Gilroy
I like emotions, but I really don’t like sentimentality, and I don’t like when things break their spell. – Tony Gilroy
The main thing for me is I really like strong endings. If there’s a strong ending, you can take more time in the beginning, your first act can be really quite different. – Tony Gilroy
When I start something, I know people I am working with, it’s a project they’re interested in. – Tony Gilroy
Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter. – Tony Gilroy
Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world. – Tony Gilroy
The writing is really hard. You’re alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you’re a director, you’re shopping – you’re picking this actor, you’re picking this scene. It’s like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel. – Tony Gilroy
I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later. – Tony Gilroy
I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence? – Tony Gilroy
