'Star Trek Into Darkness' isn't that 'Star Trek' is going to be no fun, and dark. It's that the fun's going to be challenged by some serious issues. Roberto Orci More Quotes by Roberto Orci More Quotes From Roberto Orci The higher the IQ the lower the EQ. The more intelligent you are, the lower your ability is to communicate emotionally with people. Roberto Orci ability intelligent people You're never done. You're not done until it's projecting in the theater. Roberto Orci theater done The point is just to create a discipline for making sure that you're creating material. Roberto Orci creating materials discipline When you are playing a detective, particularly as a woman, you either are going to embrace the fact that it's a man's world you are jumping into, or you're going to ignore it. Roberto Orci jumping men world A lot of people we tell the story to assume that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were actually part of the original Washington Irving story, which only happens to be 17 pages. It's a great starting point, and then we built on it, very much in a logical progression. Roberto Orci four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse stories people We wanted to present the Headless Horseman in a new light. That's where the fun comes in, of just diving in. Roberto Orci diving light fun I was really fascinated by the idea of how cunning and calculating Headless Horseman would be, and how much personality you can actually get from somebody when they're not expressing. They can do a lot of attitude, just within their body movements. Roberto Orci personality attitude ideas Sci fi allowed us to be more true to the western than maybe even doing a literal western. Roberto Orci literal western sci-fi I think people have a tendency to think of a writer as someone who wants to go take a walk, maybe case a library... I think that's great sometimes but we really treat it like Monday through Friday come in early. You're not late for inspiration. You're working through it no matter what is happening even if you're writing a terrible version. Roberto Orci friday inspiration monday You can't force an audience to see something they don't want to see, no matter what it is. Roberto Orci see you matter want In school, you learn that there are only seven kinds of stories. There's man versus nature, man versus man, man versus himself, blah blah blah. So it doesn't matter what they're called. It's this: do you have a new story that fits into one of those things. Roberto Orci you man nature school Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story. Roberto Orci story through you want You want to come up with your own points of view first and then test them against what you see. Roberto Orci your view see you If something is wrong, it'll prove to be wrong in the wash, and if it's right, you don't want to not expose yourself to it - so I read everything, no matter how horrible it gets. You listen and take it in and if it doesn't sway you, you'll know you considered it. Roberto Orci yourself know you matter
