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Joe Johnston

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[Wikipedia] Joseph Eggleston Johnston II is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing visual effects-driven films, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Jumanji (1995), Jurassic Park III (2001), The Wolfman (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

Quotes by Joe Johnston

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character…

Actors

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I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of…

Adrenaline

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We're sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers. He's a guy that wants to serve his country, but he's…

Book

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I think it tends to be overused and can be a little bit gimmicky. A lot of people are using 3-D now…

Comes and goes

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I've always said that fame is fleeting, but anonymity can last a lifetime.

Anonymity

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I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and…

Amount

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Maybe it's every kid's dream to go into a pod and come out looking like Captain America. And you don't even have…

America

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Anonymity is a wonderful thing if you can hang on to it. I live in Pasadena where we try to keep the…

Anonymity

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I think we've always been fascinated with the idea of the romantic outlaw. John Gotti could be in one instance a charismatic,…

Always

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I had thirty weeks of prep on 'Captain America.' I have a small team of qualified, supportive, creative producers who are actually…

Achieve

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I'd love to make a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' The film didn't do as well at the box office as we all…

Box office

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Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical…

America

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