Storytelling Quotes by Joss Whedon

11 Storytelling quotes by Joss Whedon

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Joss Whedon’s take on Storytelling appears in eleven short statements, each reflecting his knack for witty dialogue and ensemble dynamics. Though the set is limited, it gives a quick sense of his narrative priorities and style.

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Casting is storytelling.

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I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives and making people laugh.

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We need narrative; it feeds us in a particular way, and deconstructing it completely before you've actually experienced it, I think it…

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It's a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation.…

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“Everything I do in its essence is about helplessness. That's the story I want to tell all the time. It's the story…

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The problem is I want to do everything. I really love all of it, and I love every aspect of movie-making and…

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Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a…

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Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to…

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“Here's a story of a girl Who grew up lost and lonely Thinking love was fairy tale And trouble was made only…

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Apart from a couple that were just having fun with the concept and making fun of [Donald] Trump - like the one…

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Nowadays I’m really cranky about comics. Because most of them are just really, really poorly written soft-core. And I miss good old…

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I do remember what I said. The promise. To protect her. If I'd done that ... even if I didn't make it, you wouldn't've…

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Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want.

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When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.

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Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that’s overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes…

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At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman,…

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“Why aren’t you asking a hundred other guys why they don’t write strong women characters? I believe that what I’m doing should not be…

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People feel removed from sexism. 'I'm not a sexist, but I'm not a feminist.' They think there's this fuzzy middle ground. There's no fuzzy…

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Even in the darkness, every color can be found. And every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground.

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I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. The fun is not that much different from doing a television show: You're…

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Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves.

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I always watch what I say. I am what I say.

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Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

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