Kenneth Lonergan quotes

Kenneth Lonergan is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director acclaimed for his insightful character studies. His works often explore complex human relationships and the nuances of everyday life. He has received multiple awards for his plays and films, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Manchester by the Sea." Here are 12 of his quotes:

I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies.

Kenneth Lonergan

Little kids grow up discovering the world that's shown to them and then when you become a teenager, it kind of shrinks a little bit. I think when you get past that point, one of the important things is that you see there is more to the world than yourself.

Kenneth Lonergan

There's something about the impact of a big screen that means something to me, even though I realize almost every film is fated to be seen for a year in theaters, and then forever after on television.

Kenneth Lonergan

Teenagers all think their life is a movie. If you break up with someone or you have a fight, you walk around with movie scores playing in your head. You sort of see yourself suffering as you're suffering. There's a lot of melodrama attached to the real events of your life.

Kenneth Lonergan

I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.

Kenneth Lonergan

It's not a character flaw to become an adult.

Kenneth Lonergan

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.

Kenneth Lonergan

You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks... although the latter is much less realistic.

Kenneth Lonergan

I'm always struck when I go somewhere I've never been before, especially if it's in my home town, by just how different the atmosphere can be, and how disorienting it can be - especially if there's any kind of trouble.

Kenneth Lonergan

I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it. I published the one we produced, but there are seven other versions with different variations sitting in my desk at home.

Kenneth Lonergan