J. J. Abrams Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• 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

  Strong, Writing, Character

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.

  J. J. Abrams

  Fun, Character, Kissing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  J. J. Abrams

  Character, Interesting, Flaws

  "Inside the mind of J. J. Abrams". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. March 8, 2007.

• Whatever is being investigated, created or produced now, in movies or TV, needs to consider the context in which it is being distributed. It's not a vacuum. There are certain universal themes of love, conflict, loyalty or family that are everlasting and that need to be presented in a way that makes it feel relevant, even if it's a period piece. You need to consider what context that film, that story and those characters are being seen in.

  J. J. Abrams

  Loyalty, Character, Vacuums

  "J.J. Abrams talks STAR TREK 2, FRINGE, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4 and More!". Interview, collider.com. October 8, 2009.

• Well, you know, going into any project, especially with a fan base as vocal and passionate as something as "Star Wars," you will have groups of people who will find issues with whatever it is you're doing. But our job was to tell the best story we could about characters that we loved, and we knew that we needed to go backwards to go forwards, and we needed to go back to a feeling and a place and a time.

  J. J. Abrams

  Stars, Jobs, War

  Source: www.npr.org

• And the parents who knew "Star Wars" could take kids and feel like they've gone back to a place that is familiar and yet found brand-new characters that took them somewhere they'd never been. And it was important me that we embrace that feeling, and you can call it retro, but I think it's what "Star Wars" is.

  J. J. Abrams

  Stars, War, Kids

  Source: www.npr.org

• One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.

  J. J. Abrams

  Stars, Character, Reality

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