Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars! — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
I think what I love about science fiction and what sci-fi can be really good at is obviously you're working with outlandish… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the… — 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… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Even if I had $200 million, I'm very wary of overusing CGI. I think it's a great tool and it can be… — 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… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
I mean, the first 'Back to the Future' is kind of a perfect script, I think, in terms of handling time travel… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
You come out of each movie just thinking, "God, if we can fool them into letting us make just one more, we… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
For me, I was entirely focused on 'Episode VIII' and having this experience, and now I'm just thinking of putting the movie… — 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
