John Milius
John Milius
John Frederick Miliusis an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 April 1944
CountryUnited States of America
divorce wife apocalypse
I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.
people style matter
Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.
want darling critics
I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.
mean strange made
You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics.
trouble authority
I've always had trouble with authority.
being-strong courage simple
To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.
comeback born storyteller
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
thinking artist hype
Most artists think they're frauds anyway.
integrity men live-your-life
I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life.
writing able
I've always been able to survive by writing, though.
writing skills people
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.
people looks want
There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.
film film-industry industry
I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.
bullshit conscious screenplays
I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.