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  • Directing a movie precludes me from being involved in any greater way. But, the job was never to do more, it was always to enable. Sometimes as a producer, you're creating and writing it, or sometimes you're writing and directing it, or other times you're there from the very beginning.

    "J.J. Abrams Talks STAR TREK 2; Says Filming Begins Thursday and 3D Tests on First STAR TREK Convinced Him to Post-Convert Sequel". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 8, 2012.