Shane Black
Shane Black
Shane Black is an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. He wrote the 1987 action movie hit Lethal Weapon, and made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. His acting credits include appearing in the original Predator film, for which he is currently set to write and direct in the next installment...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth16 December 1961
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I felt like we were taking a bit of a chance, ... Val has his own reputation, but as soon as we got going I was like, 'Why didn't anyone think of teaming these guys up together before?'
With Val and Robert in the roles, the great thing was I didn't know what that was even going to look like,
He's not Mel Gibson, he's not Val Kilmer, and he's certainly not Damon Wayans. He's actually the cool-headed one.
Robert would come in and read just for the fun of it, and I'd be like, 'Hey, that's exactly what I had in mind,'
I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made.
Don't worry. I saw 'Lord of the Rings'; I'm not gonna have the movie end 20 times.
Depending on how much you like these guys, you may want to take another trip with them. It's certainly fun to write about these characters.
I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made.
For years I was doing the excruciating weightlifting of writing scripts - but then I stayed thin and someone else got all the muscles.
Any time anyone fires bullets in an action movie that don't hit the target it immediately undermines the movie.
I do think the challenge, in a way for me, is to write a narrative film and when you finish watching it you feel like it's a collage. You tell the narrative, you tell the story, but you feel like you've created this tapestry. But it also has a shape, a story. So I think there's a middle ground I try to strike . . . away from where everyone else seems ready to go, which is, setup, payoff. You know, He's afraid of water, oh, and at the end he's swimming in water - Oh, my God. I hate that stuff.
Directing comes closer than anything I’ve found yet to providing me with a good reason to get up in the morning that goes beyond just getting some money. Because all the money does is buy the bed. Getting out of it is the problem.
I love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit.
I think it's very admirable, in a superhero movie, to be able to take a few risks.