I am very interested in the small decisions people make that do set you on a different road in your life. As much as we have influence over what kind of person we're going to become, there are little tests along the way. Greg Mottola More Quotes by Greg Mottola More Quotes From Greg Mottola The truth is, good actors are always looking to do something different. They are dying to play slightly odder characters or work on movies that aren't straight down the middle. Greg Mottola lookinggoodtruthwork I specialize in movies that people say are underrated, with the exception of 'Superbad.' Greg Mottola people-saymoviessaypeople I have some pride in the things I've done, but I'm pretty hard on myself. Part of looking at my old work is to motivate me to try harder. Greg Mottola lookingmyselfmework To me, it's important to try and make an emotional connection with the audience. Greg Mottola trymeemotionalimportant My own personal geek culture years were when I was much younger. I collected comic books up until a certain age. I wanted to be a comic book artist when I was younger. Greg Mottola my-ownageculturebook I'm not someone who's gone to Comic Con as a devotee. Greg Mottola consomeonecomicgone I'm the most awkward man alive. Greg Mottola mostmanawkwardalive I certainly did work at an amusement park. In 1985. Wow - I'm in denial about the year. I was in college, and I had no skills. Greg Mottola yearskillscollegework In indies, life is very dark and realistic, and in mainstream films, the edges are all rounded off and very sentimentalized. Greg Mottola offrealisticdarklife The joke is that no matter how much we think we can evolve, we'll never escape our limitations. Greg Mottola escapeneverthinkmatter I worked for seven years doing computer graphics to pay my way through graduate school - I have no romance with computer work. There's no amount of phony graphics and things making sound effects on the screen that can change that. Greg Mottola changeworkwayschool I have a long love of fantasy and science-fiction. Greg Mottola fantasylovelong I'd like to think I have a strange affinity for the embarrassing. Not sure what that says about me. But I like the awkward, uncomfortable comedy. Greg Mottola thinkmecomedystrange I remember on my very first film, which Steven Soderberg executive-produced, he said, 'Try not to repeat yourself. Do things that scare you.' Even if it's a challenge, I want people to say that this guy tried this thing. Hopefully he learned from it. Greg Mottola challengeyourselfyoupeople It's like I'm thin skinned, I guess, but I thought I could never write about my youth for the longest time. It took getting to my forties before I could even look back on it. Greg Mottola thoughtlookyouthtime
