“I always think any circumstances can be funny. Not that I'm irresponsi...” — Brian Helgeland Quote

“I always think any circumstances can be funny. Not that I'm irresponsible, but when things go wrong, I always come up with a joke or think of something funny to say.”

“I think 'Cool Hand Luke' was probably the first movie in which I was aware of the writing as its own separate thing. It was that speech when the guy reads Paul Newman the riot act. The speech about going in the box.”

“If I'm in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?'”

“There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.”

“A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.”

“No matter the circumstances, teachers show up each day ready to give their students every opportunity possible, and they never give up.”