Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by John McTiernan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American director John McTiernan.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
John McTiernan

John Campbell McTiernan Jr. is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his action films, especially Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). His later well-known films include the action-comedy-fantasy film Last Action Hero (1993), the action film sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), the heist-film remake The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), and The 13th Warrior (1999). His last completed feature film was the mystery-thriller Basic, released in 2003.

To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.
In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be.
The entertainment is in the presentation. — © John McTiernan
The entertainment is in the presentation.
You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas.
Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers.
Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.
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