Griffin Mill I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here.
Played by Tim Robbins 
The Player (1992) · 16 quotes
The Player (1992) · 16 quotes
Most-quoted character in The Player (1992): in 13 of its 16 quotes
Most scenes with: June Gudmundsdottir (4)
Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change? We're educated people.
More lines from Griffin Mill
3 quotes Griffin Mill Griffin Mill This is a red wine glass. Can I have my water in a water glass?
Griffin Mill [after watching The Bicycle Thief]
Great movie, huh? So refreshing to see something like this after all these... cop movies and, you know, things we do. Maybe we'll do a remake of this!
Scenes with Griffin Mill
9 scenes
I don't go to movies.
Griffin Mill Why not?
Life is too short.
Griffin Mill It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully.
What elements?
Griffin Mill Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings.
What about reality?
Larry Levy I'll be there right after my AA meeting.
Griffin Mill Oh Larry, I didn't realize you had a drinking problem.
Larry Levy Well I don't really, but that's where all the deals are being made these days.
Griffin Mill [Asked to look at police mug shots]
Um, no. I - I mean, I - You're putting me in a terrible position here. I would - I would hate to get the wrong person arrested.
Detective Susan Avery Oh, please! This is Pasadena. We do not arrest the wrong person. That's L.A.!
Detective Susan Avery Mr. Mill, have you been going to detective school?
Griffin Mill No, actually, we're doing a... a movie right now, called Lonely Room, and Scott Glenn plays a detective much like yourself.
Detective Susan Avery Is he a black woman?
Griffin Mill So, what's the story?
Walter Stuckel Twenty-five words or less? Okay. Movie exec calls writer. Writer's girlfriend says he's at the movies. Exec goes to the movies, meets writer, drinks with writer. Writer gets conked and dies in four inches of dirty water. Movie exec is in deep shit. What do you think?
Griffin Mill That's more than 25 words and it's bullshit.
Griffin Mill Let's go to Acapulco.
Is that the thing to do?
Griffin Mill It's a thing to do.
What took you so long?
Griffin Mill Traffic was a bitch.
Tom Oakley [Pitching Habeas Corpus]
The DA Breaks into the prison, runs down death row, but he gets there too late. The gas pellets have been dropped. She's dead. I tell you, there's not a dry eye in the house.
Griffin Mill She's dead?
Tom Oakley She's dead. She's dead. Because that's the reality. The innocent die.
Griffin Mill Who's the DA?
Tom Oakley No one.
Griffin Mill No one?
Tom Oakley No stars on this project. We're going out on a limb on one.
Andy Civelli
You know, like unknown stage actors or maybe somebody English like what's-his-name.
Griffin Mill Why?
Tom Oakley Why? This story is too damned important to risk being overwhelmed by personality. That's fine for action pictures, but this is special. We want real people. We don't want people coming with any preconceived notions.
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