Latest Joseph McGinty Nichol Quotes from Interviews

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• It's just a wonderful experience and it's fun when you make a film and people go to it to emote and in my picture you hear the audible sobbing and then you hear the audible laughter and then you see people leaving the theater with a little bit of spring in their step. It's just great to be part of one that lasts a long time.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Laughter, Fun, Spring

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I felt a particular attachment, naturally, to the Superman character and really dug deep, but at the same time, I am a passionate fan, be it Star Wars, be it the entire Marvel catalog, be it the DC catalog, or the original thinking at Pixar. I'm a fan first, so I'm always curious to see the way people express themselves and how it's being done.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Stars, War, Character

  Source: collider.com

• If you look at what Ben Affleck has gone on to do, as an actor and as a director, it's extraordinary. But if you look back at his career, I don't think it's surprising. From Good Will Hunting on down, the guy is a monster talent, and I think talent wins out, in the end. There's always the ebb and flow of any career, but I think talent wins out, in the end.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Winning, Thinking, Hunting

  Source: collider.com

• I love stories of female empowerment. I love stories of, "Hey, I'm an ordinary person." "No, you're not!" I love stories about not knowing you have it in you, but when called to task, you rise and you find out who you are.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Knowing, Empowerment, Ordinary

  Source: collider.com

• I do my best when I'm surrounded by women. I enjoyed that on the Charlie's Angels experience.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Angel, Charlie's Angels, Charlie

  Source: collider.com

• Sometimes when you have an abundance of time and money, it's less conducive to the creative process. I like the urgency of the television schedule and the television price point. It's fluid. You figure it out on the day, and I love the challenge of problem-solving.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Creative, Challenges, Schedules

  Source: collider.com

• What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Television, Facts, Heat

  Source: collider.com

• It's a world creation show [Shadowhunters], so we've gotta work hard in the physical production capacity with the visual effects, the sets and everything. It's not just the real world with two people chatting in a diner. That's tough on a television budget.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Real, Hard Work, Two

  Source: collider.com

• You set up the look, the visual effects and the sets, and that's awesome, but I enjoy the casting most of all. That's where you really get to define the show.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Looks, Casting, Visual Effects

  Source: collider.com

• TV show is always challenging. It's challenging when you have all of the time and money in the world, and it's more challenging when you have less money.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Tv Shows, Challenges, World

  Source: collider.com

• For me, casting is critical. It's nice that social media and the passionate fans really corroborated choices and embraced kids to be characters.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Nice, Character, Kids

  Source: collider.com

• I just think we live in a world where people are so excited about the hot new thing, but you can't necessarily tell a story in one movie. With this platform, we can really dive deep and go for it.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Thinking, People, Hot

  Source: collider.com

• As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your very best.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Trying, Film, Filmmaker

  Source: collider.com

• I like youth, and I like stories about feeling things intensely and about transitional moments in human life. I reflect on my life and that's just a moment when I felt things probably the most intensely.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  I Like You, Feelings, Stories

  Source: collider.com

• When you're a kid going on being an adult, everything radiates so deeply and resonates so passionately, and I like the opportunity to tell those stories.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Kids, Opportunity, Adults

  Source: collider.com

• I'm old enough to remember the advent of CD. You thought, "What's this piece of space age technology that's in front of me?" Now I ask, "When's the last time you bought a CD?" You see things come and you see things go, and you have to be on your toes and be nimble and stay with it, or you die. It's exciting. I love technology.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Technology, Cds, Space

  Source: collider.com

• I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Past, Thinking, World

  Source: collider.com

• If you look at Hollywood today, compared to five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago or 30 years ago, the change from moment to moment has always been extraordinary. It never stops moving.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Moving, Years, Hollywood

  Source: collider.com

• I think I wanted to be a storyteller because I had a very active dream life. My life was boring, and I dreamed about a life bigger than my own. I've always just been that person, from my earliest memories at age 2.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Dream, Memories, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

• Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Years, Directors, Roles

  Source: collider.com

• It's always fun watching new actors and new voices come out.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Fun, Voice, Actors

  Source: collider.com

• When you're an actor, you show up and it's wonderful because you're in the world of make-believe.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Believe, Actors, World

  Source: collider.com

• Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of commitment and of sweat equity, and therefore there's a direct correlation to passion.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Commitment, Passion, Sweat

  Source: collider.com

• When you're a producer or director, there's so much sweat that goes into any given project.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Sweat, Directors, Projects

  Source: collider.com

• Sometimes you do things for personal reasons. I made a very personal movie in We Are Marshall. I was afraid of flying, for a long time, and that's a movie about a plane crash.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Long, Flying, Sometimes

  Source: collider.com