Quotes by J. J. Abrams

About J. J. Abrams:

Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams is an American director, producer, writer, author, and composer, best known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and/or produced feature films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), and Cloverfield (2008). He created or co-created a number of TV drama series, including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias (creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), and Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013).
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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.

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'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.

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I was never really a comic-book fanatic.

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I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.

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I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.

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With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.

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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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There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

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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.

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When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends.

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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.

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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that e...

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The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It's something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it.

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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.

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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time.

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When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do...

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Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.

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I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.

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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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When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly can become supernatural. The hypothetical and the theoretical can become literal.

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Author Bio

  • NameJ. J. Abrams
  • DescriptionAmerican film and television producer and director
  • AliasesJeffrey Jacob Abrams
  • BornJune 27, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Television Producer; Screenwriter; Television Actor; Film Actor; Composer; Actor; Writer; Television Director
  • AwardsWriters Guild Of America Award; Primetime Emmy Award