Mctiernan John Quotes & Sayings

You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas. — John McTiernan

In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be. — John McTiernan

The one great poem of New England is her Sunday. — Henry Ward Beecher

Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it. — Krist Novoselic

To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find. — John McTiernan

One was a Cartoon Artist with a heart like chiffon and a wit as accidentally malicious as the jab of a pin in a flirt's belt. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

He was an amazing - John McTiernan really was an incredible director, probably the best I've worked with because he constantly busted me when he wasn't getting what he wanted. — Rene Russo

The entertainment is in the presentation. — John McTiernan

To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving love for sinners seen and accomplished in the crucified and risen Christ. — Tullian Tchividjian

We were lucky to get Sam Jackson and Jeremy Irons and John McTiernan back. Long movie and hard movie to make and difficult for me because instead of working, my biggest concern was not repeating things I had done it in the previous films. And it rang notes in my head of episodic TV. A sequel is not a new movie; it's a chapter in a movie that you have already seen. Thank god Sam was there and thank god Jeremy was there. Again, it went outside the template of that series of films but it did well and made a ton of dough and the third chapter of a lot of sequels is always the one that falls down. — Bruce Willis

Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened.
Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. "Are you directing your magic to the candle?"
"Yes. Why?"
"You just ordered me to light the candle for you," Irys said in exasperation. "And I did it. — Maria V. Snyder

It may be true that encryption makes certain investigations of crime more difficult. It can close down certain investigative techniques or make it harder to get access to certain kinds of electronic evidence. But it also prevents crime by making our computers, our infrastructure, our medical records, our financial records, more robust against criminals. It prevents crime. — Matt Blaze

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible. — Keira Knightley

Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers. — John McTiernan

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me. — John McTiernan