J. J. Abrams Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something.”
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“It's more important you learn what to make movies about than how to make movies”
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“I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.”
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“When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.”
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“Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) is probably the most influential film of my generation. It's the personification of good and evil and the way it opened up the world to space adventure, the way westerns had to our parents' generations, left an indelible imprint. So, in a way, everything that any of us does is somehow directly or indirectly affected by the experience of seeing those first three films.”
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“I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.”
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“I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid.”
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“You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.”
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“There's something about looking at Super 8 films that is so evocative. You could argue it's the resolution of the film somehow because they aren't crystal clear and perfect,so there is a kind of gauzy layer between you and what you see. You could argue it's the silence of them. You could say it's the sound of the projector that creates a moodiness. But there's something about looking at analog movies that's infinitely more powerful than digital.”
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“I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.”
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“What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.”
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“What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.”
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“One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.”
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“Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.”
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“I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.”
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“Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time.”
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“The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.”
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“When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends.”
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“When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic.”
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“The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It's something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it.”
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“I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.”
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“Obviously with the Internet and increased access to other means of watching shows, the audience has dispersed and is all over the place and that is a challenge.”
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“When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.”
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“I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.”
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“Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.”
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“My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.”
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“On movies like Star Trek and Star Wars, you have so much that will be created or extended digitally, and it's a slippery slope where you can get lost in a world of synthetic.”
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“I remember being taught to read at a very early age. Like creepy young. I remember being in the crib, reading. My parents were very impressed. My reading speed, comprehension and overall ability has remained at that level ever since.”
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“I'm not as optimistic as Gene Roddenberry was. I fall somewhere in the middle. But as a romantic, I like to think things are going to get bigger rather than worse.”
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