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
'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 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
The truth is that I didn't start out making commercial movies. My films were not film festival movies with the possible exception… — 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
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
Definitely, 'True Detective' was a great example of one director, one story. It worked fantastically well. Well, I thought it worked fantastically… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
The movies I like watching the most are these sort of cinema verite, handheld films where you really get gritty with people.… — 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
I was the kid in the neighborhood that was directing everyone else. I was director from the time I was a child. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative. — James Gunn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
