J. J. Abrams
J. J. Abrams
Jeffrey Jacob Abramsis an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is known for work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and/or produced feature films such as Regarding Henry, Forever Young, Armageddon, Cloverfield, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth27 June 1966
CountryUnited States of America
taken ideas lines
We're always pitching ideas and being told "no thank you." No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they're not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.
real magic tangible
The magic that works, to me, is the magic that feels completely grounded and real and tangible.
grateful mean men
George Lucas is the reason that we got to make this movie, you know, he was the man that created this whole galaxy, and I am incredibly grateful to him. He's an artist and he's a grown-up. And I take him at his word, and it doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, but I respect, you know, his right to his opinion.
pitching difficult difficult-things
Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
stars war kids
As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
lucky firsts
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.
believe stories audience
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
thinking signatures
I don't think I have a signature.
have-faith discussion hard
I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
jobs writing creating
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.
thinking assuming
You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
ideas episodes theory
The idea to put episodes out weekly in theory makes as much sense as putting them all out at once.
stars war adventure
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) is probably the most influential film of my generation. It's the personification of good and evil and the way it opened up the world to space adventure, the way westerns had to our parents' generations, left an indelible imprint. So, in a way, everything that any of us does is somehow directly or indirectly affected by the experience of seeing those first three films.
thinking important telling-stories
I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.