Quotes by Shane Black

“With Val and Robert in the roles, the great thing was I didnt know what that was even going to look like,”

“I could direct it and steer it, but I just wanted to see what comes of that.”

“?Will and Grace and My Best Friends Wedding have softened us up with regards to the funny gay character. ?Well, all right, hes gay, but theyre so funny, those gays. And I thought, that doesnt really cut it. We still havent seen the heroic gay character that, when the chips are down, kicks down the door, shoots everybody and saves your butt.”

“Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.”

“There was a book shelf in our living room with books that were left on it by my dad who was a big tough guy fan. So you would find your Mickey Spillane there. So Im literally a nine year old kid reading Mickey Spillane and my father is very upset because of the dirty parts you know. The naked parts.”

“Dont worry. I saw Lord of the Rings; Im not gonna have the movie end 20 times.”

“Depending on how much you like these guys, you may want to take another trip with them. Its certainly fun to write about these characters.”

“[Along with the Silver and Gibson connections is] Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang ... Lethal Weapon.”

“Having a character be gay in a movie just isnt shocking anymore,”

“It wasnt that the films failure allowed people to snicker behind my back, because, yes, it had been a record script sale and became a record bomb, ... What bothered me the most was that nobody was referring in any way to the creative work I was trying to do.”