John Milius
John Milius
John Frederick Miliusis an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 April 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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I think when I started in the business, when I had my first aspirations of being in the business, I sort of pictured an idyllic life.
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This is maybe a way to get more partners in this, ... I'm ready. I'm waiting for them to jump in.
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You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.
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'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.
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But, I mean, egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
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I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think it's just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him.
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Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.
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Everybody's a filmmaker today.
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Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.
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Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.
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I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.
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I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.
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I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.
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I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.