Grant Heslov
Grant Heslov
Grant Heslovis an American actor, film producer, screenwriter and director, known for producing Argofor which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture as co-producer in 2013. He is also known for portraying Robbie in the 1996 screwball comedy Black Sheep...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 May 1963
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
good
We couldn't think of any one (actor) who was as good as he was, or as bad.
bit chance easy everybody good million money night
A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and it's not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make.
dictionary kinda surprise word
That's like a word in the dictionary now. It doesn't surprise me, but it makes me kinda sad. And it makes me a little frightened.
space focus purpose
As a writer, you know what the purpose of the scene is. It really has nothing to do with the actor so you have to really get out of that space because for actors it's a micro-focus and then you figure out your arc through what the writers have given you to say. But that arc is just one little piece of the huge arc of the whole film. It took a while to get out of that.
writing important actors
You really have to get out of an actor's head to write because actors only care about their part and it revolves around their part so "This is the important part because this is the part where..." .
writing thinking stories
Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.
art trying gone
A lot of the art that was destroyed was painted and created by Jews. A lot of that is gone because that was degenerative art. That's what Hitler was trying to get rid of.
directors be-good good-directors
There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.
lines want three
I didnt want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.
cynical march film
The Ides of March was a fairly cynical film.
book men stories
We usually break the story first. For instance, on The Monuments Men, and this one is more complicated because there's a lot of history, so before we started, we sat down with Robert Edsel, the author of the book, for about a week, and basically, he just gave us a lecture and went through everything. And then, I had a researcher, somebody who we had actually used on Argo.
years long want
What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.
thinking needs looks
Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.
years training directors
I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.