Latest Jon M. Chu Quotes from Interviews

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• I may not get the opportunity to make movies for my whole life, but I'm going to make movies for the rest of my life. Maybe studios won't pay for it, but I'm going to do it because I love it. So, I just have to be proud of what I make, and what I'm trying to say in what I make. If people don't like it or people don't see it, that's beyond what I can control. I'm a storyteller, and people are going to listen or not and like it or not. That's only solidified over time.

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  Opportunity, People, Trying

  Source: collider.com

• I can't let fear kill my creative brain. Fear is the killer. Your bad choices come from fear. And I'm constantly combating fear. I'm one of the most fearful people, which may be why I'm so sensitive about it. I combat fear, constantly. So, when something like this happens, it only makes us stronger, but it reminds you that your strength is by being able to fight that stuff off and being okay with failure. If I get everything I wish and I get to make movies for the rest of my life, I'm going to have many failures and I need to be okay with that.

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  Fighting, People, Creative

  Source: collider.com

• I make movies that I enjoy making and tell stories that I want to see, so it’s hard. You never reverse engineer those things and go, “What would appeal to this or that?” Even if I tried, I don’t know. I’m an all-American kid.

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  Kids, Enjoy

  Source: collider.com

• When I was in Boy Scouts, back in the day, we'd tell stories around the campfire. That's why I love movies. It's literally you and your friends, telling stories around a campfire, whatever they may be.

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  Boys, Movie Love, Stories

  Source: collider.com

• I love the adventure of telling all types of stories and trying to conquer each one.

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  Adventure, Trying, Stories

  Source: collider.com

• I love the process of working with people and having things going on, all the time, and just trying to trust your instincts.

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  People, Trying, Instinct

  Source: collider.com

• When I'm doing more than one movie because it makes one not the end of the world. It makes me feel like, "Okay, I won. I had a victory on this one, today. And I lost on this one, today." I can keep going back-and-forth.

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  Victory, World, Today

  Source: collider.com

• When I'm doing something, it's something that I had a perspective on in my childhood, or now, but it may be different. I always can go back to what I love, but if somebody has a better idea, then I'm all for it.

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  Ideas, Perspective, Childhood

  Source: collider.com

• I'm not the most sophisticated person. I'm not the smartest person in the world. But, I know what makes me excited about life, from Spielberg movies to Michael Jackson music videos to cartoons on Saturday mornings, which made my childhood.

  Jon M. Chu

  Morning, Childhood, Cartoon

  Source: collider.com

• In all my work, I try to tell great stories that people want to go to the movie theater to watch, or want to turn on, and are compelled to watch it, over and over and over again, and will make a mark when they grow up.

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  Growing Up, People, Trying

  Source: collider.com

• The thing that keeps me interested is that I love stories. I love going to movies and I love watching stuff that sparks ideas in my brain.

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  Ideas, Brain, Stories

  Source: collider.com

• What keeps me motivated is that I'm going to do a bunch of projects with dancers, and the people who compel me and make me love dance again are the ones I want to hire because they'll do that for others who are watching the thing. So yeah, it is difficult to crush dream sometimes, but they're all professional and they know what the deal is.

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  Crush, Dream, People

  Source: collider.com

• What always gives me peace of mind is that the best are the best. People who float to the top will always float to the top.

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  People, Giving, Mind

  Source: collider.com

• I love pop culture. I love gossiping about all the different stars.

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  Stars, Different, Culture

  Source: collider.com

• I was never crying and shaking like the Beliebers do, but I understand the idolizing of a hero.

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  Hero, Cry, Beliebers

  Source: collider.com

• I never knew Steve Jobs. I met him once, but I never knew him. But growing up in the Silicon Valley, he was the hero. He was the guy.

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  Jobs, Growing Up, Hero

  Source: collider.com

• Going after any movie there is a lot of competition to try and get it.

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  Competition, Trying

  Source: screenrant.com

• I think the universe is so big you can't really deal with everybody.

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  Thinking, Bigs, Deals

• I always loved action adventure. It is something I always wanted to do.

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  Adventure, Action, Wanted

  Source: screenrant.com

• Each movie is different because each audience is different. You're not dictated by what they tell you to do. You're more dictated by seeing symptoms of things you didn't intend, and how you can fix those symptoms.

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  Different, Symptoms, Audience

  Source: collider.com

• I don't feel like I need to be on an island to be enjoying myself and relaxing.

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  Islands, Needs, Enjoy

  Source: collider.com

• You're never going to satisfy everybody.

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  Source: collider.com