Screenwriter David Franzoni (Gladiator, Amistad) might as well be living back home in Vermont (or here in Iowa):
“In this town (L.A.), if you’re a screenwriter, the two biggest things that are important (are): One, get a life, because the only stuff that’s any good is writing about the life you’ve led, not about the movies you’ve seen. And two, don’t pay any attention to what’s going on in this town. I’ve never read the trades. I don’t go to any screenings. I don’t go to any parties unless I have to. I don’t pay attention to the shit that’s going on here. Because if you do, you’ll start doing what they want you to do, and it’s always wrong. It’s always wrong. That’s why they make such shitty movies. So you have to be free from this place, even if you’re here.”
David Franzoni
Quoted in Screen Plays by David S. Cohen
page 25
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