"Shane Black" is an American screenwriter, film director/director, Film producer/producer and actor. He wrote such late 1980s and early 1990s action movie hits as Lethal Weapon (1987) and made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005). His acting credits include Predator (film)/Predator (1987).

In 2013, he co-wrote and directed Iron Man 3, which currently ranks as the sixth highest grossing film of all time worldwide (unadjusted for inflation).

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Depending on how much you like these guys, you may want to take another trip with them. It's certainly fun to write about these characters.

I could direct it and steer it, but I just wanted to see what comes of that.

Don't worry. I saw 'Lord of the Rings'; I'm not gonna have the movie end 20 times.

It wasn't that the film's failure allowed people to snicker behind my back, because, yes, it had been a record script sale and became a record bomb, ... What bothered me the most was that nobody was referring in any way to the creative work I was trying to do.

There was a book shelf in our living room with books that were left on it by my dad who was a big tough guy fan. So you would find your Mickey Spillane there. So I'm literally a nine year old kid reading Mickey Spillane and my father is very upset because of the dirty parts you know. The naked parts.

Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

Having a character be gay in a movie just isn't shocking anymore.

[Along with the Silver and Gibson connections is] Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang ... Lethal Weapon.

?'Will and Grace' and 'My Best Friend's Wedding' have softened us up with regards to the funny gay character. ?'Well, all right, he's gay, but they're so funny, those gays.' And I thought, that doesn't really cut it. We still haven't seen the heroic gay character that, when the chips are down, kicks down the door, shoots everybody and saves your butt.