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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.

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J. J. Abrams
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 27
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Well, when Kathy Kennedy, who is the president of Lucasfilm, came to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on this Star Wars movie, we talked about a young woman at the center of the story from the outset. And it was something that was always an important part of this movie.
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It's more important you learn what to make movies about than how to make movies
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Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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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.
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I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.
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I'm working on the Star Wars script today and the people in my office have covered up all my windows with black paper. I guess they wanted to make sure no one could see what I was doing. It seems rather extreme.
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I guess the idea of not wanting to choose to direct a film, for which I've not read a script. It's a tough decision to make without seeing any pages. That's not to say that I don't have all the faith in the world in the spectacular writers.
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There are always a bunch of ideas floating around and I do the best that I can to try to not do them. The ideas don't go away and, over time, are finally like, Okay, it's been around so long, I have to get this thing out, and it somehow ends up coming to some version of fruition.
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Maybe there are times when mystery is more important than knowledge. I realized that the white page is a magic box. Ultimately, the mistery box is all of us. Ubiquitous technologies. What comes next ? Mystery as catalyst for imagination.
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With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
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People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
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The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.
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I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.
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I've always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane.
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I do think there's something about the digital age that is increasingly dehumanising us. We're in this very weird place where we're being pulled into experiences that aren't really experiences at all.
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Don't sell your story, just tell your story.
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My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.
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