J. J. Abrams

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

— J. J. Abrams

#bit #characters #closed #connected #emotionally

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. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#destruction #examining #fears #filmmakers #issues

The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#advantage #got #make #series #something

The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#fashion #goal #material

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

— J. J. Abrams

#easier #just #nothing #sell #sequels

To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#flaws #interesting #main #me #never

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#almost #entitlement #instant #knowledge #live

What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#grappling #having #how #i #learning

What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#best #bigger #box #down #excited

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

#everywhere #going #i #information #into