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J. J. Abrams Quotes
J. J. Abrams Quotes
J. J. Abrams
American
Director
Born:
Jun 27
,
1966
Audience
Love
Think
Time
Work
You
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
J. J. Abrams
Time
You
Never
Had
Know
Ticking
Clock
Want
Use
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.
J. J. Abrams
Remember
Made
Feeling
Saw
Kid
Tricks
Magic
Could
Tour
Had
Studios
Glimpse
Like
Another
Got
How
Least
Still
Loved
Which
Little
Movies
Grandfather
Little Kid
Means
Even
Universal
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
J. J. Abrams
Knowledge
Age
Entitlement
Sense
Live
Instant
Almost
I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
J. J. Abrams
People
Trying
Want
Manipulative
Spark
Imaginations
Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.
J. J. Abrams
Animal
Behavior
Beginning
Cross
Absolutely
Primitive
Robotics
Motion
Line
Human
Human Behavior
Resembles
I love recording music.
J. J. Abrams
Love
Music
Recording
'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.
J. J. Abrams
Closed
Trek
Bit
Characters
Never
Emotionally
Always
Little
Little Bit
Connected
Star
Star Trek
I was never really a comic-book fanatic.
J. J. Abrams
Never
Fanatic
Really
I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.
J. J. Abrams
You
Kiss
Whatever
Think
Drawing
Out
Characters
Part
Genre
Inevitability
Wondering
Going
Happens
Fun
Even
Ever
Two
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.
J. J. Abrams
Reality
Comedy
Humor
Face
Trek
Relationships
Favorite
Characters
Would
Favorite Things
About
Main
Between
Reactions
Without
Lot
Situations
Just
Breaking
Show
Star
Star Trek
Ever
Things
I'm a fast writer.
J. J. Abrams
Writer
Fast
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.
J. J. Abrams
Love
Technology
Personality
Giving
Machines
Taking
Idea
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
J. J. Abrams
Will
Believe
More
Make
Audience
Effective
Anything
Story
Engage
When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.
J. J. Abrams
You
Back
Out
Something
Call
Returns
Audience
Go
Commercial
Decent
Want
Act
Viewers
Show
Numbers
I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
J. J. Abrams
Me
Will
Medium
Open
Any
Literally
I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
J. J. Abrams
Work
Try
Would
Want
Shows
Watch
The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It's something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it.
J. J. Abrams
Time
You
Internet
Immediate
Something
Lead
Never
Clear
Audience
Provides
Very
Same
Same Time
Experiencing
Should
Ignore
Now
Consensus
I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
J. J. Abrams
Hope
Small
Make
Anything
Movies
Profitable
Need
Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.
J. J. Abrams
Down
Sees
He
Pile
Blocks
Whenever
Wants
Toddler
Tear
When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be.
J. J. Abrams
You
Everywhere
Kid
About
Looked
Were
Going
Movie
Information
Movies
I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
J. J. Abrams
Love
Think
Too
Unknown
Allowed
Happens
Should
Working
Actor
Right
I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
J. J. Abrams
Nothing
Run
Something
Never
Also
Because
Against
Movies
Theory
I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.
J. J. Abrams
Job
Television
Exactly
Exactly What
Could
Knew
Reader
His
Friends
Get
Wanted
Mean
Producer
Dad
Assistant
My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.
J. J. Abrams
Mother
Amazing
Know
Most
Most Amazing
Person
Coolest
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.
J. J. Abrams
You
Comedy
Action
Drama
Insane
Devastating
Particular
Like
Know
Got
Surgical
Go
Fix
Where
Want
Movie
Place
Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
J. J. Abrams
Difficult
Weird
Always
Pitching
Thing
Difficult Thing
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