James Gunn

If I get a gig or I don't get a gig, I really have never, ever, ever cared.

— James Gunn

I saw 'Fifth Element' once when it first came out and never thought much of it.

— James Gunn

I love 'Empire' - it's my favorite of the 'Star Wars' series.

— James Gunn

Movies aren't machines. They interact with our brains.

— James Gunn

I've come to trust that what I like is what works.

— James Gunn

I don't really think in terms of competing with myself.

— James Gunn

I would never want to take on a sequel of someone else's stuff unless I was totally reinventing it.

— James Gunn

I'm in favor of anything that will give strong women more visibility in popular culture.

— James Gunn

There will be a 'Guardians 3,' that's for sure. We're trying to figure it out. I'm trying to figure out what I…

— James Gunn

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

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

[T]he one indispensable ingredient of science fiction [is] a belief in a world being changed by man's intellect, a conviction that what…

— James Gunn

One should be willing to throw away a dozen ideas to come up with a good one, just as one should throw…

— James Gunn

'Monty Python And The Holy Grail' is a hugely important movie to me. I remember watching it for the first time on…

— James Gunn

My brain has always been wired in such a way that I'd rather communicate to a smaller audience who really get turned…

— James Gunn

Let's face it: there's still a certain amount of racism in human beings, so that shows up in Hollywood.

— James Gunn

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

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…

— James Gunn

Honest to God, for me, I've never been a guy to stack projects. A lot of these other guys, they like to…

— James Gunn

I have a very strong imagination and have since I was a little kid. That is where a lot of my world…

— James Gunn

For the theatrical experience to survive, spectacle films need to expand their definition of what they can be. They need to be…

— James Gunn

I made 'Super' for $3 million, and that was filmed in 24 days. And that $3 million dollars went to a lot…

— James Gunn

'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

I always like to think that I make movies that are like Nirvana songs. They have a slow verse, and then they…

— James Gunn

Most of the complexity of the stories has developed as the stories came along (and may be a product of the principle…

— James Gunn

I think whatever is going on with my brain, I'm very, very - and I'm not saying this as a positive thing,…

— James Gunn

Maybe it's the feminine side of me, but I like that AM radio pop.

— James Gunn

In science fiction a fantastic event or development is considered rationally.

— James Gunn

It's definitely not the character who it is in the comics, I'll say that much.

— James Gunn

Writing a comic book series, you're so reliant on whoever the artist is. It truly is collaboration.

— James Gunn

I love the attention and I hate the attention, you know? It's not always good for your soul.

— James Gunn

The people who gave up their humanity to save their planet was always very interesting to me.

— James Gunn

It's impossible not to constantly adjust the way you look at yourself.

— James Gunn

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy happier.

— James Gunn

“These things are never easy, and you take them to your grave.”

— James Gunn

I hope I'm still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars.

— James Gunn

Every movie I've ever made has just kind of come together.

— James Gunn

I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative.

— James Gunn

One rule of invention: before you can invent it, you have to imagine it.

— James Gunn

Getting so much attention all at once, with so many people who want something from you or want to talk to you...…

— James Gunn