Shane Black
Shane Black
Shane Black is an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. He wrote the 1987 action movie hit Lethal Weapon, and made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. His acting credits include appearing in the original Predator film, for which he is currently set to write and direct in the next installment...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth16 December 1961
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made.
An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a cacophony and is, ultimately, quite boring.
The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like small or big, or quiet or expansive. It's all just one loud shout.
Don't worry. I saw 'Lord of the Rings'; I'm not gonna have the movie end 20 times.
I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made.
I felt like we were taking a bit of a chance, ... Val has his own reputation, but as soon as we got going I was like, 'Why didn't anyone think of teaming these guys up together before?'
With Val and Robert in the roles, the great thing was I didn't know what that was even going to look like,
Depending on how much you like these guys, you may want to take another trip with them. It's certainly fun to write about these characters.
Robert would come in and read just for the fun of it, and I'd be like, 'Hey, that's exactly what I had in mind,'
He's not Mel Gibson, he's not Val Kilmer, and he's certainly not Damon Wayans. He's actually the cool-headed one.
I could direct it and steer it, but I just wanted to see what comes of that.
I owe a great deal of thanks to this man who will be gracious enough to say I've helped him with his career and comeback, but it's every bit the opposite.
I have these guilty pleasures, these failed films that don't work at all, but I'll watch them if they're on. Like 'The Game.
I 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.