Matt Duffer

We grew up in Durham, N.C.

— Matt Duffer

We're really tough on everything we do.

— Matt Duffer

You know, there's nothing in 'E.T.' that earmarks it as really '80s.

— Matt Duffer

What we loved about the movies we watched as children was the great character work. They are all about the place where…

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Us and everyone in Hollywood puts so much time and effort and money into getting things to look just right and when…

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I watched a little 'Beyond the Black Rainbow.'

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We didn't go to any summer camps because we just wanted to be making movies and telling stories.

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My brother and I played D&D. We just weren't particularly great at it.

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When we were growing up, some of those Amblin films, those Spielberg movies, led to the creation of the PG-13 rating because…

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We are such big John Carpenter fans.

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I think the PGA Award, when we won that, was so shocking to me. I thought, 'Absolutely no way.' I was barely…

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Dragon's Lair' we played a lot as kids. It's a fun game to look at - it's not a very fun game…

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We're very socially awkward.

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Often it's scarier when stuff is weird and when you don't fully understand the motive. Pennywise in 'IT' is very weird.

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A debate about candy bars can get heated.

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Television has been breaking narrative rules.

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I don't particularly enjoy parties, but it's really nice to be able to meet other creatives who work on shows you admire…

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When we were first writing 'Stranger Things,' the first thing we wrote was that Dungeons & Dragons scene. And we wrote it…

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When you shoot at slow-motion, or a high frame rate, it makes it really difficult to rack focus.

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When you're a kid, you don't watch a movie one time. You watch it 10, 20 times.

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We were running around in the woods telling stories and putting on costumes. We're terrible actors, but we acted in everything that…

— Matt Duffer

We all grew up with loving 'Ghostbusters.' So of course our kids love 'Ghostbusters.'

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I have no connection to Chicago.

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We were in the last generation to grow up without a cell phone being a part of our lives at all, without…

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We fell in love with movies through directors. Very early on we knew that was what we wanted to do.

— Matt Duffer