Quotes by James Gunn

James Gunn

[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.

Fiction

Men

World

But if you, as an independent filmmaker or a “serious” filmmaker, think you put more love into your characters than the Russo Brothers do Captain America, or Joss Whedon does the Hulk, or I do a talking raccoon, you are simply mistaken.

Brother

Character

Independent

Every movie I’ve ever made has just kind of come together.

Kind

Made

Together

God giving man life and taking it away is not nearly so bad as God taking away childhood and giving him life.

Childhood

Giving

Men

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.

Gears

Song

Thinking

I don’t know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can – that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style.

Moving

Successful

Writing

I don’t really like movies that are all one or the other. It’s really about the play between both of them. Now that I’ve said that, there’s actually lots of movies that I like that are one or the other but it’s just not for me as a filmmaker.

Filmmaker

Play

Said

I don’t really think in terms of competing with myself.

Competing

Term

Thinking

I hope I’m still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars.

Alive

Mars

Travel

I like to plan everything out and know exactly what we’re doing. It’s always important to me to work with a cast and a crew that not only I respect their talent but I really like them as people.

Important

People

Talent

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Alive

Attention

Brain

Brilliant

Brother

Change

Character

Childhood

Competing

Cynical

Development

Different

Dozen

Drama

Events

Fiction

Filmmaker

Gears

Giving

Guy

Humanity

Ideas

Important

Independent

Inheritance

Interesting

Kids

Kind

Made

Mars

Men

Mind

Motivation

Moving

Past

People

Perfect

Periods

Play

Race

Real

Rockets

Said

Single Life

Song

Stories

Strong

Successful

Sweet

Talent

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Quotes by James Gunn

James Gunn

[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.

But if you, as an independent filmmaker or a “serious” filmmaker, think you put more love into your characters than the Russo Brothers do Captain America, or Joss Whedon does the Hulk, or I do a talking raccoon, you are simply mistaken.

Every movie I’ve ever made has just kind of come together.

God giving man life and taking it away is not nearly so bad as God taking away childhood and giving him life.

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.

I don’t know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can – that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style.

I don’t really like movies that are all one or the other. It’s really about the play between both of them. Now that I’ve said that, there’s actually lots of movies that I like that are one or the other but it’s just not for me as a filmmaker.

I don’t really think in terms of competing with myself.

I hope I’m still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars.

I like to plan everything out and know exactly what we’re doing. It’s always important to me to work with a cast and a crew that not only I respect their talent but I really like them as people.

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