J. J. Abrams Quotes - Page 4

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Sports, Kids, Blow

  "JJ Abrams: 'I never got Star Trek'" by teve Rose, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2009.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Kids, Thinking, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Issues, Long, Novelists

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

  J. J. Abrams

  Television, Advantage, Ability

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think I have a signature.

  J. J. Abrams

  Thinking, Signatures

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.

  J. J. Abrams

  Technology, Ideas, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

  J. J. Abrams

  Believe, Stories, Audience

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.

  J. J. Abrams

  Lucky, Firsts

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• As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.

  J. J. Abrams

  Stars, War, Kids

  "J.J. Abrams: ‘Star Trek’ must escape the shadow of ‘Star Wars’". Interview with Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. January 31, 2009.

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• I quickly said that, because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek' and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.

  J. J. Abrams

  Loyalty, Stars, Knowing

  "J.J. Abrams: I Turned Down 'Star Wars: Episode VII'" by Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 26, 2012.

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• Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you tell a story is fundamentally different.

  J. J. Abrams

  Thinking, Different, Stories

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

  J. J. Abrams

  Character, Interesting, Flaws

  "Inside the mind of J. J. Abrams". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. March 8, 2007.

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• I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.

  J. J. Abrams

  Needs, Profitable

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Thinking, Television, Grappling

  "J.J. Abrams Talks STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, 3D, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 5, the FRINGE Finale, Future Projects, Maintaining Secrecy and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 6, 2013.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Fun, Character, Kissing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Want Something, Numbers, Return

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Stars, War, Grateful

  "Star Wars: Some rumours 'are true'". Interview with Tim Masters, www.bbc.com. February 20, 2015.

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• All I know is that I've made some big screw-ups, and I've done some things that have done all right. I just keep trying to learn from the mistakes I've made.

  J. J. Abrams

  Mistake, Trying, Screw Ups

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think admitting youre an addict is the first step towards recovery.

  J. J. Abrams

  Recovery, Thinking, Admitting

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• There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

  J. J. Abrams

  Easier, Sequels, Sells

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family

  J. J. Abrams

  Important

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Taken, Ideas, Able

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Thinking, Age, Digital

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Stars, War, World

  "Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams, and More Band Together to Keep Kodak Film Alive; Deal Being Struck with Studios" by Adam Chitwood, collider.com. July 30, 2014.

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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.

  J. J. Abrams

  Air, Mixtures, Lucky

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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