Frank Darabont Quotes

• Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.

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• To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film.

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• Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

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• I think once you’ve finished a movie you really have to detach from it so that you can come back and watch it as an audience member.

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• I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

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• I am fascinated with times past.

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• Boy, I’d hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they’re talking about. I love film.

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• And I don’t think I’m giving away any secrets here, but there are a lot of terrible scripts in this town.

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• A director shouldn’t get in the way of the movie, the story should.

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Frank Darabont (9)

Birth:	28th January, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Director, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Frank Arpad Darabont was born in Montbéliard, France. He is an American director, screenwriter, and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. He was primarily a screenwriter for horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob, and The Fly II. He directed several films include: The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist. He also developed and executive produced the first season and part of the second season of the AMC horror series The Walking Dead and created the TNT neo-noir series Mob City.

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