4 Quotes & Sayings By Kenneth Lonergan

Kenneth Lonergan is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright. He is the writer and director of the films Manchester by the Sea, Margaret, and Thepool. He was born in 1969 in New York City. He studied at Wesleyan University where he wrote many short films Read more

After graduating he went on to study at Cambridge University where he earned his Master's degree in 1994. He has currently written three films, Margaret, Thepool, and Manchester by the Sea which stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, and Kyle Chandler respectively.

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Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people. Kenneth Lonergan
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Many movies about people recovering, moving on, and redeeming themselves are really wonderful and inspiring. But I think the more sentimental ones that are less good make me feel isolated - like, if you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps like the guys in the movies, there is something wrong with you. That's a shame. Kenneth Lonergan
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Adolescents show off. That's another way of wanting to connect with people. It's not an aspect of human behavior that we generally consider to be very admirable, but it is, in some way, a means of connecting with someone else and not being alone. Kenneth Lonergan