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Drew Goddard Quotes

American - Director | February 26, 1975 -

There's just something wonderful about getting a small group of people together in an isolated location, and there's something about cabins themselves that imply both horror and fun. When you go to a cabin, you're usually going to have a good time.

Good Time Together Fun People Small

If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate to it. You can be fearless in your storytelling if you're vigilant about protecting your characters.

Character People Fearless Story You

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

Yourself You Filmmaking New Forces

I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, which is my hometown. In Los Alamos is, for people who don't know, a nuclear lab that built the atomic bomb. The only reason the town exists is to make nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction, and that's still happening there.

People Hometown New Know Atomic Bomb

I've found that if you just try to make the film you want, you'll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, you're going to make really boring films.

You Find Please Everyone Want Boring

Clearly, the works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi are front and center here. Argento is definitely there. But even stuff like the 'Friday the 13th' movies had quite an influence on me growing up.

Me Growing Up Influence Friday Up

Here's the thing about 'Cabin in the Woods.' I did virtually no research on this movie.

Research Woods Cabin Here Movie Did

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

Work Story Process You More Right

I think that there's good movies and there's bad movies, and sometimes the bad movies spoil it for the rest of us, and we focus on them, but in the long run, all that matters are the good movies. Those are the ones that we will remember.

Good Focus Rest Think Remember Bad

I had one of those families that let me watch things they should not have let me watch. When I was a kid, I remember I watched 'Alien' at, like, 6. It was traumatizing.

Me Remember Alien Kid Things Watch

I just don't want to make the same old movies. I'm not interested in it. Directing's hard. It takes up a lot of your life, and I'm not that interested in making the same old film.

Life Want Movies Old Hard Same

That's the thing about Lionsgate. They are fearless. No other studio would have made 'Hunger Games' the way they did. They're being fearless in the way they make decisions, and it's paying off for them.

Fearless Decisions Games Way Hunger

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