Film Quotes by James Gunn

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

— James Gunn

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

— James Gunn

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

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

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

Let me tell you one thing: there is no more cutthroat place to be than an independent film. Disney is a cakewalk…

— James Gunn

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

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

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

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

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

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

— 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

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

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

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

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

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

— James Gunn