Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is, instead of constructing it upwards.
You come out of each movie just thinking, "God, if we can fool them into letting us make just one more, we can get it right." - Rian Johnson
You come out of each movie just thinking, "God, if we can fool them into letting us make just one more, we can get it right."
- Rian Johnson
I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't conscio… - Rian Johnson
I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't conscio…
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… - Rian Johnson
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…
Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars! - Rian Johnson
Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!
If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it. - Rian Johnson
If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it.
I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that yo… - Rian Johnson
I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that yo…
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open. - Rian Johnson
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.
It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on. - Rian Johnson
It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on.
Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is,… - Rian Johnson
Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is,…
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