I would never want to take on a sequel of someone else's stuff unless I was totally reinventing it. — James Gunn Copy Share Image
For the theatrical experience to survive, spectacle films need to expand their definition of what they can be. They need to be… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
When you're on an independent film, you have a lot of great people there who are telling really true and authentic stories.… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I love shooting movies. I love the shots. That's the thing that I love doing, and I've just never been able to… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I would say the main thing is, don't just copy yourself, which is what a lot of sequels do. And in some… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Science fiction literature's focus is on ideas, the concept of change, and the impact on humanity. Those concepts are hard to capture… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Let me tell you one thing: there is no more cutthroat place to be than an independent film. Disney is a cakewalk… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
My life isn't just one genre. It's a romance one minute, an action movie the next - it's actually rarely, rarely an… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I've been making movies a long time. I'm a professional at it. I'm not a professional at making soundtracks - that's not… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Most of the complexity of the stories has developed as the stories came along (and may be a product of the principle… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
It's hard making a movie because it's like... you lose your life. I mean, really, I like being alive; I like having… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I don't really like movies that are all one or the other. It's really about the play between both of them. Now… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
'Belko Experiment' was the harshest, most extreme movie I ever made. But I still think there's a very cohesive center to it… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
My favorite dark comedy, which is also one of my favorite films of all time, is 'After Hours.' I've seen 'After Hours'… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
What is my intention being a filmmaker? To make as much money as possible, or get as much attention as possible? It's… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I don't see a big difference between the job of directing a low-budget movie and the job of directing a big-budget movie. — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I always felt restrained by lower-budget films. I enjoyed making them, and I felt fulfilled, but I really did always want to… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I could give you some names of Workshop participants who are as good as many who are being published but haven't had the right… — James Gunn Copy Share
The zombie is in a lot of ways the perfect horror movie bad guy. It plays on so many fears all at once. The… — James Gunn Copy Share
In a way, metafiction breaks down the story and makes it less real. But in another respect, by that very breaking down, it actually… — James Gunn Copy Share
I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative. — James Gunn Copy Share
I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama and comedy.… — James Gunn Copy Share
When I was a small child, I partially learned to read with comics, in particular with 'Scamp,' about the Lady and the Tramp's male… — James Gunn Copy Share
When 'Blade Runner' came out, and especially, even actually when 'Alien' came out, it kind of changed how all science fiction movies were designed… — James Gunn Copy Share
The majority of my life is 'Guardians,' but being able to clean my brain a little bit by doing something totally different like 'Belko'… — James Gunn Copy Share
I was as huge Spider-Man fan as a kid, but I really liked The Defenders a lot. I was also a big Moon Knight… — James Gunn Copy Share
I'm a huge Howard the Duck fan. For people who don't know, I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, but Howard the Duck was maybe… — James Gunn Copy Share
Scooby's the greatest cartoon character ever. He isn't cute like Mickey or smart like Bugs or fearless like Woody and Buzz - he's a… — James Gunn Copy Share
I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what… — James Gunn Copy Share
'Belko Experiment' was the harshest, most extreme movie I ever made. But I still think there's a very cohesive center to it that wasn't… — James Gunn Copy Share
I don't see a big difference between the job of directing a low-budget movie and the job of directing a big-budget movie. — James Gunn Copy Share
