One of the reasons for going back into the past is that it’s almost the only place that there’s any drama. Robert Towne Read Quote
But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie. Robert Towne Read Quote
But, uh, censorship at that time said that you just absolutely couldn’t do anything involving children and so we had to go from there. I don’t remember what I changed it to. Duvall is just excellent in it. Robert Towne Read Quote
It made me alive to the fact that the most important thing sometimes is what isn’t said – to prepare for moments of revelation that can be read entirely on actors’ faces without dialogue. Robert Towne Read Quote
And I think one way or another it’s evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody’s there that’s very anxious to get the movie made. Robert Towne Read Quote
Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn’t Colin Farrell – he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it. Robert Towne Read Quote
I think that those are the things that you can uniquely do with film that are difficult to do anywhere else: they can bring a picture to life, give it a natural and historical context and make you feel that everything else is suddenly credible. Robert Towne Read Quote
I’m excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public’s help to repair these heavily used recreation sites. Robert Towne Read Quote
If you have a good ear for dialogue, you just can’t help thinking about the way people talk. You’re drawn to it. And the obsessive interest in it forces you to develop it. You almost can’t help yourself. Robert Towne Read Quote
