7+ Steven Zaillian Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Steven Zaillian quotes and sayings.

I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies. — Steven Zaillian

People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage. — Steven Zaillian

The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do it this way.' They describe what they want, then letting the writer figure out a way to do it. — Steven Zaillian

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes. — Steven Zaillian

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things. — Steven Zaillian

I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like there was a good reason why they were not made. So I am not anxious to go back and fix them. I don't have something in the desk drawer that I think, "The time is right now. If I just do this, it'll be great." It is kind of out of sight and out of mind. I am thinking ahead rather than back. — Steven Zaillian

You do a draft and you get more notes. You start to get the feeling that this either isn't going to happen or it is going to take a really long time to happen, and I never felt that with this [the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]. — Steven Zaillian