“Somebody who worked as a crime reporter for two years in Raleigh-Durham is gonna have a lot more interesting things to talk about than some 22-year-old kid who grew up in Brentwood, who wants to be a writer because he likes the way the life looks.”
Writer/Director Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy)
Deadline Hollywood interview with Mike Fleming
Screenwriting from Raleigh-Durham
August 24, 2012 by Scott W. Smith
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Screenwriting from Iowa- “Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus” Scott W. Smith
Love this quote and I totally agree.