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J.J. Abrams quotes: I don't think I have a signature.

I don't think I have a signature.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I was never really a comic-book fanatic.

I was never really a comic-book fanatic.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I've just been lucky to work on things that I felt would be cool to see. It's not that I had a strategy or anything.

I've just been lucky to work on things that I felt would be cool to see. It's not that I had a strategy or anything.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

J.J. Abrams quotes: It's more important you learn what to make movies about than how to make movies

It's more important you learn what to make movies about than how to make movies

J.J. Abrams quotes: I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.

I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.

I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.

J.J. Abrams quotes: The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid.

I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.

I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Mystery is more important than knowledge.

Mystery is more important than knowledge.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.

I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.

J.J. Abrams quotes: To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I don't think anyone wants a movie on time that's not worth your time.

I don't think anyone wants a movie on time that's not worth your time.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Well, we're all victims of our own gene pool. Unfortunately, someone must have peed in yours. - Walter Bishop, "Fringe" (TV)

Well, we're all victims of our own gene pool. Unfortunately, someone must have peed in yours. - Walter Bishop, "Fringe" (TV)

J.J. Abrams quotes: I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.

I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.

Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I don't want to do something that is so inside that only die-hard fans will appreciate.

I don't want to do something that is so inside that only die-hard fans will appreciate.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I love recording music.

I love recording music.

J.J. Abrams quotes: When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

J.J. Abrams quotes: The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.

The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.

J.J. Abrams quotes: The magic that works, to me, is the magic that feels completely grounded and real and tangible.

The magic that works, to me, is the magic that feels completely grounded and real and tangible.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.

I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.

J.J. Abrams quotes: People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.

People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I was just like, "I want to make a decent 2-D movie." I was so worried that, instead of being a decent 2-D movie, it would have been a bad

I was just like, "I want to make a decent 2-D movie." I was so worried that, instead of being a decent 2-D movie, it would have been a bad 3-D one.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I think admitting youre an addict is the first step towards recovery.

I think admitting youre an addict is the first step towards recovery.

J.J. Abrams quotes: You beat death, Arvin. But you couldn't beat me.

You beat death, Arvin. But you couldn't beat me.

J.J. Abrams quotes: We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.

I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous.

I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.

I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.

I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.

J.J. Abrams quotes: With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.

With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.

J.J. Abrams quotes: As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.

As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.

I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.

J.J. Abrams quotes: We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something.

We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something.

J.J. Abrams quotes: To be a self rewritten from a lost first draft.

To be a self rewritten from a lost first draft.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.

Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.

I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.

Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.

J.J. Abrams quotes: What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.

What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.

I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.

J.J. Abrams quotes: There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.

I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.

J.J. Abrams quotes: The idea to put episodes out weekly in theory makes as much sense as putting them all out at once.

The idea to put episodes out weekly in theory makes as much sense as putting them all out at once.

J.J. Abrams quotes: 'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.

'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.

I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.

J.J. Abrams quotes: My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.

My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.

J.J. Abrams quotes: When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be.

When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.

I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.

J.J. Abrams quotes: It's what happens. You love, then you lose, then you die. Even if you survive, you die.

It's what happens. You love, then you lose, then you die. Even if you survive, you die.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Don't sell your story, just tell your story.

Don't sell your story, just tell your story.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I don't think it was hate,' Castus replied thoughtfully. 'I think it was fear.

I don't think it was hate,' Castus replied thoughtfully. 'I think it was fear.

J.J. Abrams quotes: My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.

My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.

I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I've always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane.

I've always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane.

J.J. Abrams quotes: You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.

You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.

Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I've never done Twitter.

I've never done Twitter.

J.J. Abrams quotes: Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.

Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.

J.J. Abrams quotes: You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.

You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.

J.J. Abrams quotes: It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.

It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.

J.J. Abrams quotes: I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.

I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.

J.J. Abrams quotes: He walks among us, but is not with us.

He walks among us, but is not with us.

J.J. Abrams quotes: When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.