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Josh Radnor
Josh Radnor
American Director
Born: Jul 29, 1974
About Big Me People Time You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be. Josh Radnor
Kindness Judge Be Kind Job Our Kind Worthy Determine Rather Unconditionally Without Ulterior Motive Jury Just Prefer Who Even Play Need
We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds. Josh Radnor
Water Our Weeds Hose Attention Like Gardener Flowers
I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being cynical is somehow conflated with being sophisticated. I think that's problematic, to say the least. Josh Radnor
Word Negative Cynical Think Earnest Say Kind One Of The Things Some Somehow Sophisticated Least Being Problematic Happened Connotation Level Things
A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle demanded of a good story - but the chord has to be resolved. Josh Radnor
Good Conflict Tears Rage Resolved Other Some Good Story Throughout Aristotle Demanded Catharsis Real Heartache Movie Story Should Chord Elements
You know, I'm not saying, 'Oh, because I play a good guy on TV, I need to suddenly be villainous in a movie.' I look at it more like: does this role has a kind of urgency for me in terms of, 'Can I not say no to it for whatever reason?' Josh Radnor
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And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don't believe that. Josh Radnor
Myself You Brilliant Long Believe Unless Run Somehow Failed Idea Trying Movie Theatrical Your Lucrative Filmmaker
As a person, I'm anti-violence. Josh Radnor
Person
I'm not sitting around saying, 'Man, I'd really love to direct a western.' That's just not something I'm probably going to do, mostly because I'm allergic to horses. Josh Radnor
Love Saying Man Allergic Direct Something Horses Mostly Because Around Western Sitting Going Just Really
I don't think evil people or negative people are inherently interesting all the time. People who are good people getting better at being themselves - to me, that's something that's really interesting to watch. Josh Radnor
Time Good Me People Better Negative Evil Good People Think Something Time People Getting Getting Better Being Interesting Themselves Really Inherently Who Watch
When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it. Josh Radnor
Life Love Me Seen Own Living Insight Some About Something My Own Having Gives Feel Feels Like Also Altered Because How Go Articulated Movie After Movies Now Actually
There's so much nonsense tossed around about L.A. and how horrible it is and 'don't go out there' and all that stuff. So I went out to L.A. and I was pleasantly surprised. Josh Radnor
Pleasantly Out Tossed Horrible About Stuff Around How Nonsense Go Surprised Much
Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn't go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop drinking. Josh Radnor
Experience Decision Made Drinking Big Harrowing Through Well Deal Big Deal Go Any Just Stop Stopped Actually
My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's not that cool to hate something just because it's popular. Josh Radnor
You Hate Reading Books Something Purpose Read Because Maybe Just Just Because Want Explore Cool Popular Whole Why Thing
When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has to be big enough for me to dedicate a year or two of my life. If the question isn't big enough, or rich enough, I'll lose interest. Josh Radnor
Life Me My Life Big Year Lose Rich Enough Wrestling Write Particular Concern Dealing Am Big Enough Question Interest Dedicate Film Thing Two
All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic. Josh Radnor
Cosmic More Obsess Obsessed Longer Over New Concerns Existential Little Used Things
There's something melancholy about professors because they're chronically abandoned. They form these lovely relationships with students and then the students leave and the professors stay the same. It's like they're chronically abandoned. Josh Radnor
Chronically Relationships Melancholy Abandoned Stay About Something Students Like Because Leave Same Form Lovely Then Professors
Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time. Josh Radnor
Kindness Time Appreciates About Steadily More Instant Instant Gratification Investment Over Often Gratification
No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope. Josh Radnor
Hope Dark Matter Responsibility Feel Audience How Least Leave Get May Story Storyteller Shred Things
One man's uplift is another man's sentimental hooey. Josh Radnor
Man Another Uplift Sentimental
Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television. Josh Radnor
Television Though Occasionally Appear Even Watch
Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one. Josh Radnor
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I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems. Josh Radnor
Time People Problems About Like Real Real People Real Problems Real Time Movies
To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other. Josh Radnor
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Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun. Josh Radnor
Stage Nothing Everyone Musicals Favorite Favorite Thing More Knows Still Been Acting Fun Thing
In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader. Josh Radnor
You College Big Kind Reader Want Wanted Who Designing
I distinguish sentiment from sentimentality. Sentimentality makes your skin crawl. It's like too much sugar. But, sentiment is a great feeling. Josh Radnor
Great Too Much Feeling Sentiment Skin Sugar Too Distinguish Great Feeling Like Makes Crawl Much Sentimentality Your
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