I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. Joseph Kosinski More Quotes by Joseph Kosinski More Quotes From Joseph Kosinski Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay you to make something until you have a few things you can show that you've directed. I got my start by making short films on my own. Joseph Kosinski tastepayideas I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that. Joseph Kosinski excitementstuffthinking Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tent pole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that. Joseph Kosinski tentsgiantsshould There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is. Joseph Kosinski focusimportantthinking As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary. Joseph Kosinski scarywantdirectors For me, I feel like, between 'Tron' and 'Oblivion,' I've gotten to fulfill my 'Star Wars' fantasies, in a way. Joseph Kosinski starswarway I'm a huge electronic-music fan. Joseph Kosinski music-fanselectronic-musicfans Technology can do amazing things for us. It's something we need to keep an eye on. Joseph Kosinski technologyeyeneeds You never watch movies the same as you do when you're a kid, ever again. Joseph Kosinski watch-moviewatcheskids An established property can be a blessing and a challenge. On one hand you have all those fans of the original that you can pick up with and continue on with but then you have a lot of people out there who haven't seen the first and might feel like this isn't a movie for them because of that. Joseph Kosinski blessinghandspeople I don't think every movie should be made in 3-D, and it should depend on whether it's one of these films that's more immersive or needs to be taken to another world. I'm interested in other formats. Joseph Kosinski takenneedsthinking In a science fiction movie, the first act is a little longer than it is in most movies because there is so much world building to do. Joseph Kosinski littlesfictionworld It's a fine line to find that balance: to show people enough to give them the promise of something unique, and something they want to see, but at the same time make sure that when they show up for the movie, they're surprised by what they eventually get. Joseph Kosinski uniquegivingpeople Of course there are always exceptions, but opinions are not to be feared. Joseph Kosinski exceptioncoursesopinion That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people. Joseph Kosinski surpriseablepeople I think some people are under the impression that you can simply just shoot it on blue, and then it's all done in post. But no, you really need to understand the pipeline, from beginning to end. Joseph Kosinski bluepeoplethinking Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect, I just started my own little design studio. Joseph Kosinski designlittlesschool Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have. Joseph Kosinski attitude But I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. The closest I ever got to movies was going to watch them, and I thought that's the way it would be, so I never considered working in this business. Joseph Kosinski careerswould-bewatches Tom [Cruise] is a great producer himself. He's got great sense of story. It's always great to have the perspective of the person who's playing the character in your film. Joseph Kosinski perspectivestoriescharacter
