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
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.
issues fiction monsters
I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
kids thinking years
I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.
pitching difficult difficult-things
Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
kindergarten
I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.
issues long stories
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.
political messages titles
Approaching any movie with a three in the title you know you are not going to get a political polemic. You are not going to get some sort of political statement or ultra-deep message.
stars war world
On movies like Star Trek and Star Wars, you have so much that will be created or extended digitally, and it's a slippery slope where you can get lost in a world of synthetic.
reading parent creepy
I remember being taught to read at a very early age. Like creepy young. I remember being in the crib, reading. My parents were very impressed. My reading speed, comprehension and overall ability has remained at that level ever since.
stars war father
If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear -- but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister -- but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went.
choices hours projects
Every hour that you spend doing something, even if you love it more than anything, you're not with your family. Every project that you take on, that's another choice.
taken ideas lines
We're always pitching ideas and being told "no thank you." No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they're not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.
stars war kids
I was more of a Star Wars kid, actually. I always thought Star Trek was a lot of talk, and it felt a little self-important. It was hard for me to get into it.