I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think. J. J. Abrams actorallowlove Change image and share on social
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. J. J. Abrams feedforceinformation Change image and share on social
It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling. J. J. Abrams faithleapserialise Change image and share on social
People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised. J. J. Abrams peoplesurprise Change image and share on social
Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. J. J. Abrams blockpilesee Change image and share on social
I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature. J. J. Abrams creaturelovemovie Change image and share on social
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. J. J. Abrams ageentitlementinstant Change image and share on social
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. J. J. Abrams alginatingblowchoose share on social
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 everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves. J. J. Abrams accessbillingsleydemocratize share on social