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
mistake trying done
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.
imagination people trying
I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
kids trying three
With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
trying want watches
I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
ideas leave-me-alone trying
I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
trying used felt
We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something.
insane particular surgical
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.
good work
As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.
bit closed
'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.
writing years long
Cameron Crowe is someone who I've admired for so long, and I've been friends with him for many years, and I've wanted to work with him so badly that I just never stopped bothering him about writing a script that would be for a pilot.
stars couple war
We went on the opening weekend [of Star Wars], a group of us went out and just popped into a couple theaters just to see people in the theater watching the movie, and it was incredibly gratifying just to see the thing out there being watched by people. And the reaction was more than we could've expected.
jobs stars war
Well, you know, going into any project, especially with a fan base as vocal and passionate as something as "Star Wars," you will have groups of people who will find issues with whatever it is you're doing. But our job was to tell the best story we could about characters that we loved, and we knew that we needed to go backwards to go forwards, and we needed to go back to a feeling and a place and a time.
people want knows
People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
thinking film share
I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.