The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and making as many movies as you possibly can. Rian Johnson More Quotes by Rian Johnson More Quotes From Rian Johnson Belgrade has kind of a Dublinesque, dear-dirty charm. Rian Johnson charmkinddirty Game of Thrones' is just incredible, what they pull off every week. Rian Johnson thronesincrediblesgames In almost the same way you know what your grandmother looks and sounds like, you know what Bruce Willis looks and sounds like. Rian Johnson grandmothersoundlooks My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust. Rian Johnson hookemotionalideas Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please. Rian Johnson pianofailingkids The critical reaction to 'Bloom' has been similar to 'Brick.' There are people on board with it and people who are not. Rian Johnson bricksboardspeople Well, you know, we all grew up as 'Star Wars' fans. Rian Johnson fansstarswar With 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30. Rian Johnson bricksscripts That's part of the appeal of time-travel movies: The notion of going back and fixing something. Rian Johnson fixingappealstime-travel I bristle a little when the argument for film gets put into the nostalgia ghetto. Film is still the highest quality and best-looking image capture medium available. I don't think it always will be. The digital image will get better, and it will eventually surpass the quality of the film image, but it isn't there yet. Rian Johnson get-betterghettothinking All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing. Rian Johnson childhoodfeelingsthinking My filmmaking background has really just been making movies with my friends since I was 12 years old. That's how I feel I learned how to tell a story visually, by just going out with a video camera and making movies with my friends and family. Rian Johnson family-and-friendscamerasyears I'm definitely a big believer in the notion that a heightened style can get you closer to an authentic human experience than so-called realism on film. There are films I love that have kind of a muted or realistic style, but for me on any given day I have more moments during the course of a day that feel like a Fellini movie than I do a Cassavettes movie. Rian Johnson stylefilmkind I think what I love about science fiction and what sci-fi can be really good at is obviously you're working with outlandish concepts that have very little to do with the real world, like time travel for instance. Rian Johnson realfictionthinking There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you couldn't, if you were just doing a drama. It lets you maybe reach a little further and surprise people a little bit more because there's still that little safety base of working on that genre that everybody loves. Rian Johnson safetydramapeople Storytelling wise, you've gotta take it as far as you can possibly take it with each individual movie. If you're holding out something for a sequel or some cliff-hanger, that's not how I think of a satisfying story. Rian Johnson wisestoriesthinking I really spend as long as I can sketching everything out and working on the structure before I sit down to type out scenes. Rian Johnson sketchingscenelong If I spend a year and a half writing a script, the first year will be outlining in notebooks. It's just the way I work, definitely not necessarily the best way. Rian Johnson notebookwritingyears The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. Rian Johnson giving-upeditingwriting When you're writing is when the "god should I just drop this" feeling can hit. When you're editing is when the "god this is awful and I've wasted everyone's time and money and will be revealed as a fraud" feeling can hit. Rian Johnson editingfeelingswriting
