[T]he one indispensable ingredient of science fiction [is] a belief in a world being changed by man's intellect, a conviction that what was being written could really happen. James Gunn More Quotes by James Gunn More Quotes From James Gunn We live in a world where everybody's supposed to be cool and act tough and put up fronts, and everybody is so cynical. James Gunn cynical tough world When I was a kid, I was obsessed with different planets in the solar system, and I used to create, for every single planet, a different alien race with a certain kind of pet, a certain kind of house, a certain kind of water system, and everything. James Gunn race water kids I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama and comedy. I'm not talking about some guy who does these bland dramedies all the time. I'm talking about people that have done heavy drama and who have done heavy comedy. James Gunn talking drama people It's definitely not the character who it is in the comics, I'll say that much. James Gunn character I always like to think that I make movies that are like Nirvana songs. They have a slow verse and then they pop into high gear and then they go back into slow and then they pop into high gear again. James Gunn gears song thinking It also is true that some ideas naturally work themselves out over a longer period of time than a single human life can encompass. James Gunn single-life periods ideas I don't really think in terms of competing with myself. James Gunn competing term thinking What is my intention being a filmmaker? To make as much money as possible, or get as much attention as possible? It's not really either of those things. Now I can tell the stories that I want to tell. James Gunn stories want attention I'm learning the extent to which some people are just learning about some of the work I did as Rocket on the movie, which is not something that I really did for any kind of recognition, but people are starting to notice it and ask me questions about it, and I'm happy to answer what I can. It's been interesting how much it's made an impression on people. James Gunn entertainment I was hired for the first movie to sort of assist with Rocket so that we would find a way that the actors were dealing with a real actor, rather than a blank space, before they found a voice actor who was going to play the role. It just kind of evolved from there, i ended up being on set and we did a rehearsal, and I just got down on my hands and knees and started doing it from down there. James Gunn entertainment It's what worked ! It looked crazy for a little bit, and then you got used to it and then it kind of just ended up being what helped the actors the most, since that's why I was there, that's what we stuck with. James Gunn entertainment There were certainly lots of times on set when we talked about' Does that make sense with your perception of who this character is ?' I think they afforded me that respect, and they certainly always know the right questions to ask, that's what makes them great directors. James Gunn entertainment I think that the Marvel Cinematic Universe really felt like family to me and my brother really every step of the way, and sometimes things happen in families, but whatever. You move on and you kind of go from there, and I was never surprised by the love that I felt from particularly the' Guardians' castmates, but really everybody, and I'm excited to get back to work and go make another movie. James Gunn entertainment I can tell you that I've read the script and I think that it's excellent, and I know that my brother is very, very excited about it, so I have very high hopes that it's going to be an excellent movie -- but that's all I can say for now ! James Gunn entertainment I enjoy the fact that I can do something that the resonates in such a way with fans that they appreciate it, i just hope the next thing is half as good as these last things have been. James Gunn entertainment It’s not to say I ’m better, but I am very, very different than I was a few years ago ; today I try to root my work in love and connection and less in anger. My days saying something just because it’s shocking and trying to get a reaction are over. i truly felt sorry and meant every word of my apologies. James Gunn entertainment One rule of invention: before you can invent it, you have to imagine it. James Gunn before you invention imagine Movies aren't machines. They interact with our brains. James Gunn brains our movies machines By isolating the issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, climate change, environment, governance, economics, catastrophe and whatever other problems the present embodies or the future may bring, science fiction can do what Dickens and Sinclair did: make real the consequences of social injustice or human folly. James Gunn climate-change future change science I guess I am an optimist in a pessimist brain, if that makes any sense. I believe in the innate goodness of most people in this world, and yet I'm a damaged soul like many other people and have my own demons and things I struggle with. James Gunn i-am soul struggle people
