Directing comes closer than anything I’ve found yet to providing me with a good reason to get up in the morning that goes beyond just getting some money. Because all the money does is buy the bed. Getting out of it is the problem.
Shane BlackI don't mind women who want to act. That's fine. It's odd that men want to act, in that there's still a degree of vanity associated with it.
Shane BlackIt was like a frat house for film geeks, the Pad O' Guys. That's what being at UCLA afforded me. So when one of us had some success - in this case, my pal Fred Dekker - he would reach down the ladder and help me up a rung, give my work to his agent to pass around to see if anyone liked it.
Shane BlackI love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit.
Shane Black