Mark Boal
Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots.Collection: Sad
I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.Collection: War
So to be standing here, this was really, truly, honestly never part of anything we even imagined in our wildest dreams.Collection: Dream
I had an eye-opening experience in Baghdad at the end of 2004 and I thought that the story of these guys who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world would be an interesting way to look at the war in a broader sense.Collection: Jobs
For better or worse, most of my writing life has been about people that work behind the scenes. I'm interested in finding extraordinary moments in otherwise normal people.Collection: Writing
For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.Collection: New York
The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.Collection: War
I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever.Collection: Writing
Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant machinery was affecting individuals.Collection: War
You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can.Collection: Mean
I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.Collection: Thinking