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“My brother [Jonathan] wrote it.
It kills me, because it’s the line that most resonates.
And at the time, I didn’t even understand it.
He says, ‘You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.’
Is that really a thing?'
And then, over the years since that film’s come out, it just seems truer and truer.
In this story, it’s absolutely that.
Build them up, tear them down.
It’s the way we treat people.”
The line is delivered by Harvey Dent, the Gotham District Attorney who becomes the villainous Two-Face.
It’s a good thing it stayed in the script, then.
