Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrieis an American screenwriter, director and producer. A regular collaborator of director Bryan Singer, he co-wrote the screenplay of Singer's Public Access, wrote the screenplay for The Usual Suspects, co-wrote and produced Valkyrie and co-wrote Jack the Giant Slayer and Edge of Tomorrow...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth31 May 1968
CityPrinceton Junction, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.
When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.
History tends to take the simplest possible view. As soon as you start to scratch the surface of any historical event, it starts to become more and more complicated, which is not the stuff of Hollywood films. Complications tend to break down the budget.
I always feel like an outsider. I'll always feel like the nerd at the party.
Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.
With 'Rubicon,' Mark Long and Dan Capel have created the perfect environment for an intense action franchise.
Look: the day I've made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody can say, 'Then you probably made the worst movie of your entire career.'
'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.
The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.
I've rewritten other films and watched my writing be mutilated, but luckily, it's been mutilated anonymously.
I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular.
The one thing that frustrates me more than anything else is that no studio has ever told me to tone down violence. They only ask you to make it more presentable.
A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.
There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.