American - Director | June 27, 1966 -
My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.
J. J. Abrams
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When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic.
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I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.
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When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
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You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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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.
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It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.
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Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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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.
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