69 Quotes by Jon Watts

Big movie or small movie, you make this thing, and then you show it to people, and you just hope they like it. You hope it works.

There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller and a comedy because it's all about tension. It's about building tension and setups and payoffs and misdirections and surprising people and sort of pushing the boundary.

I've always been a very collaborative person, and I think 'Cop Car' and all the people I worked with who made it possible is a good example of that.

To me, the best comedies get a little dark, and the best thrillers are a little bit funny. So I'm not exactly sure where I draw the line between the two.

I think it helps if you have a clear vision of what you want.

People know the broad strokes of what it's like to be Spider-Man, but I wanted to really get into the details.

I just remember having the President's Fitness Challenge when I was in elementary school and middle school. You had to do different activities, and at the end of it, I think you got a little pin or a badge. I was like, 'How do we incorporate Captain America into high school?' You would have the 'Captain America Fitness Challenge.'

I think the danger in trying to set too many things up or do too much world-building in a movie so soon is you forget to actually make a movie.

'The Onion' is an amazing place to work because it's a bunch of really smart, collaborative writers who aren't afraid to try crazy things.