Because I've been at it so long and very steadily, I have a lot of credits, but I probably have twice as many scripts that were never made for whatever reason.
Brian HelgelandIf you write an original, its like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, its like the oil wells on fire, and they bring you in to put the fire out and get it working again - or something like that.
Brian HelgelandI know a lot of directors have a whole staff of people trying to find their next film for them. I always just end up writing mine.
Brian HelgelandI worked as hard to write the worst film of the year as I did to write the best film of the year.
Brian Helgeland