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That's the tricky thing these...

That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

You want the film to be criti...

You want the film to be critically successful - you certainly want the film to be financially successful so that you can...well, because that's how movies like this are made, you know, they need to make money. But as a director, you can only make the movie that you want to make.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

Sometimes with these things a...

Sometimes with these things all the pieces fall into place. I mean, we've been talking about this for years and we don't have the script now, but sometimes things fall into place very quickly, and if everything lines up it could happen.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

Any film is a collaborative p...

Any film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

When I was in architecture sc...

When I was in architecture school, rather than giving us drafting boards and t-squares and lead pencils and stuff they gave us all the same tools that places like Digital Domain and ILM used to make features films or special effects. They gave us all these digital tools like Alias and Mya and Soft Image and all these kind of high-end computers, so I came out of architecture school knowing how to use all that stuff. And I started making short films at night.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

I heard, one of my producers ...

I heard, one of my producers told me this story where like the Hollywood studios brought all these high-end consultants in to try to figure out how to improve their process and make films more efficiently, and these consultants like studied the process for years and finally came up with this report they put together about how studios can improve the efficiency of their process, and the conclusion was "have the script ready by the time you're shooting.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

I don't wear glasses, so I li...

I don't wear glasses, so I like the idea of not having to put them on to watch a movie. It's a hard barrier to get beyond.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

I grew up in a place where no...

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 51 quotes

I don't think every movie sho...

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 51 quotes

It's a fine line to find that...

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 51 quotes

I love movies that ask big qu...

I love movies that ask big questions but don't necessarily answer everything. I like people walking out thinking about something.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

But I grew up in a place wher...

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 51 quotes

Well I grew up in the Midwest...

Well I grew up in the Midwest, and I think the first film that blew my mind was 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

I went to school for engineer...

I went to school for engineering, I studied jazz. So I always had this kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them, so I went to architecture school in New York.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

An established property can b...

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 51 quotes

I think the excitement of mov...

I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

Go out and make something tha...

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 51 quotes

Disney's clearly in the busin...

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 51 quotes

When you make a movie, you ca...

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

Movies don't sit in the theat...

Movies don't sit in the theaters for an entire summer like they did in 1982. Now you've got a two- or three-week shelf life so you need to have that awareness right off the bat. And in order to make a lot of people know about your movie, you need to be out there banging the drum and showing your stuff.

Joseph Kosinski 51 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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