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
leap-of-faith storytelling leap
It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.
stories want events
Withholding things in a story is no good if you aren't building to something substantial. It becomes foreplay without the main event, and no one wants that.
focus feelings demand
Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.
mediums
I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
stars war thinking
You know, we didn't want to kill anyone, but we knew that "Star Wars" is a generational tale. It always is. And for it to have some guts and some resonance and true stakes, I don't think that everyone could have come through the story unscathed.
technology ideas giving
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.
stars war president
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.
recording-music
I love recording music.
running theory
I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
block tears want
Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.
hate mean stuff
I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.
passion thinking obsession
I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous.
trying want watches
I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
want worried decent
I was just like, "I want to make a decent 2-D movie." I was so worried that, instead of being a decent 2-D movie, it would have been a bad 3-D one.