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
important mystery
Mystery is more important than knowledge.
trying used felt
We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something.
bit closed
'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.
people want knows
People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
thinking film share
I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.
The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.
animal lines behavior
Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.
thinking actors should
I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
thinking television grappling
What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
thinking signatures
I don't think I have a signature.
thinking stories different
Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you tell a story is fundamentally different.
thinking age digital
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.
thinking assuming
You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
thinking ideas giving
I do think that at a certain point, the reboot sequel mode has to give way to original ideas and back to a place where, you know, films are, you know, a medium and the cinema is a place you go to see something that is, you know, wholly new.