J. J. Abrams Quotes and Sayings - Page 2
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“The magic that works, to me, is the magic that feels completely grounded and real and tangible.”
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“We're always pitching ideas and being told "no thank you." No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they're not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.”
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“I was more of a Star Wars kid, actually. I always thought Star Trek was a lot of talk, and it felt a little self-important. It was hard for me to get into it.”
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“With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.”
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“I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.”
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“I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.”
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“As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.”
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“Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.”
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“If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear -- but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister -- but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went.”
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“I'm actually a huge fan of digital as well. I appreciate how that technology opens the doors for filmmakers who never had access to that level of quality before. However, I do think film itself sets the standard for quality. You can talk about range, light, sensitive, resolution -- there's something about film that is undeniably beautiful, undeniably organic and natural and real.”
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“To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.”
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“I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.”
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“I do think there's something about the digital age that is increasingly dehumanising us. We're in this very weird place where we're being pulled into experiences that aren't really experiences at all.”
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“When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be.”
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“Withholding things in a story is no good if you aren't building to something substantial. It becomes foreplay without the main event, and no one wants that.”
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“I'm working on the Star Wars script today and the people in my office have covered up all my windows with black paper. I guess they wanted to make sure no one could see what I was doing. It seems rather extreme.”
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“I've always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane.”
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“I've just been lucky to work on things that I felt would be cool to see. It's not that I had a strategy or anything.”
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“The noise you hear after people see something you do--whether it's a TV show or a movie--that always makes you see that thing slightly differently. Without question. The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. And test-screening a movie can be helpful too. But the part that can be dangerous is when you take those notes as gospel, instead of taking them with a grain of salt. The key is to use the response as one of the tools in your box, as opposed to using it to determine what you do.”
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“All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.”
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“I'm an impatient guy and tend not to like to stay with one thing for a long time. I'll never be able to write as many scripts as I did for "Felicity" or "Alias" ever again. I'm just too impatient these days. I want to get on to the next project.”
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“I love stories where the impossible appears believable, plausible and real. Maybe it's silly, but it's one of the reasons Michael Crichton's writing always appealed to me: he took outlandish ideas and made them seem completely within the realm of possibility. I remember reading "Jurassic Park" and feeling like: "Oh, yeah -- no, that's totally happening right now. They're bringing back dinosaurs!”
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“People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.”
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“But I'm grateful for everyone who would want to read a spoiler because it means that they care and want to see the movie … I know what it feels like, as an enormous Star Wars fan myself.”
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“It's cool to be a nerd. There's a general understanding that smartphones didn't come from jocks. The digital age was foreseen by a group of short-sleeved, buttoned-down, white-shirted guys and their female equivalents designing the very stuff that's now ubiquitous.”
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“We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.”
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“I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.”
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“Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.”
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“As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.”
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