Memory is a form of time travel. That's something we do during the course of the day, every single day. The idea of actually being able to physically adjust that and change it instead of being haunted by it is… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
It was so emotional to step onto the Millennium Falcon set because that was the play set we all had when we were kids.… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Unlike some of the time-travel movies I love, like 'Primer' or '12 Monkeys,' 'Looper' is not about time travel. It's about this situation that… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Then I saw it. I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy,… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Rather than thinking in terms of a specific genre or specific kind of thing, I hope I can just stay relatively small and keep… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Storytelling wise, you've gotta take it as far as you can possibly take it with each individual movie. If you're holding out something for… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
My filmmaking background has really just been making movies with my friends since I was 12 years old. That's how I feel I learned… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
It took a while before I could sit across the table with Mark and not, every three seconds, think, 'I'm talking to Luke Skywalker.' — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
