Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter. He is best known as the writer of the films Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3and Star Wars: The Force Awakens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth22 November 1970
CountryUnited States of America
Michael Arndt quotes about
commitment thinking self-improvement
Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.
writing ideas two
I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5 or 6 story ideas that are percolating in my head at any one time, so it can get a little crowded in there.
self-improvement world improvement
All thought is created, therefore we are all creators of whatever world we live in.
lonely real writing
In live-action, writing, production, and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors, and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely.
writing self-confidence way
I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but (for me, at least) there doesn't seem to be any other way to start writing a script.
thinking goal self-improvement
The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.
adversity challenges self-improvement
Adversity challenges the masks we hide behind, revealing sides of ourselves we have not yet comfortably with the world outside. It is why we dislike adversity, because we have to face what we don't yet understand about ourselves.
character writing cutting
The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the actors bring a whole world to that, they bring the characters to life, then it goes to the animators, then it goes to the editor who cuts it together, and then you screen it and it goes back through the system again.
world scripts determined
I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world.
thinking self-improvement improvement
Who you think you are is only a thought.
writing successful law
I figured I’d probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and that maybe one or two would be successful. So I always kind of expected I’d write at least one successful film in my life. [...] The way it all came together was kind of like Murphy's law in reverse—I don’t expect that kind of experience again any time soon.
empowering self-improvement realization
We have the freedom to excel or inhibit our potential. You are the grand designer of your thoughts and emotions. At some level or another you are the one who chooses which thoughts to accept and which ones to ignore. That can be a very empower realization.
character writing differences
In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.
goal want march
You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.