I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it’s not necessarily ubiquitous. – J. J. Abrams
Obviously with the Internet and increased access to other means of watching shows, the audience has dispersed and is all over the place and that is a challenge. – J. J. Abrams
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. – J. J. Abrams
I don’t try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen to be female. – J. J. Abrams
People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised. – J. J. Abrams
I hope to make movies that are so small they don’t need to make anything to be profitable. – J. J. Abrams
The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It’s something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it. – J. J. Abrams
Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior. – J. J. Abrams
Whenever I’ve directed something, there’s this feeling of demand and focus that I like. – J. J. Abrams
When I was a little kid – and even still – I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made – at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic. – J. J. Abrams
I’m not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people’s imaginations. – J. J. Abrams
Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister’s head using alginating plaster. – J. J. Abrams
I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn’t have to be a creature. – J. J. Abrams
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. – J. J. Abrams
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