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.
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Pride, Insult, Point

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

All I know is that I've made some big screw-ups, and I've done some things that have done all right. I just keep trying to learn from the mistakes I've made.
J. J. Abrams

Mistakes, Done, Trying

All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
J. J. Abrams

Fear, Enough, Same

As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.
J. J. Abrams

Work, Good, Writer

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

Star, Kid, Wars

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

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

Story, Audience, Effective

I don't think I have a signature.
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

Strong, Happen, Try

I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
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Time, Changes, Looks

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

Life, Faith, Hard

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

Hate, Why, Means

I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.
J. J. Abrams

Work, Sense, Style

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

Movies, Nothing, Against

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

Hope, Movies, Small

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

Love, Movies, Creature

I love recording music.
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Love, Music, Recording

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

Love, Technology, Giving

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

Love, Working, Actor

I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.
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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, Two, Whatever

I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.
J. J. Abrams

Death, Old, Kids

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

Passion, Obsession, Ubiquitous

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

Alone, End, Try

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Nationality: American

Born: June 27, 1966

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