68 Quotes by Rian Johnson

Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.

I'm definitely a big believer in the notion that a heightened style can get you closer to an authentic human experience than so-called realism on film. There are films I love that have kind of a muted or realistic style, but for me on any given day I have more moments during the course of a day that feel like a Fellini movie than I do a Cassavettes movie.

It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on.

The fanboy community can smell in an instant, like smelling fear, when something was tailor-made in order to reach them as a demographic.

I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that you care about, at the end of the day, that's what really matters, even to hard-core sci-fi fans.

Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!

I saw a mom who would die for her son, a man who would kill for his wife, and a boy angry and alone, the bad path laid out in front of him. I saw it, and the path was a circle, round and round. So I changed it.

With 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30.

Well, you know, we all grew up as 'Star Wars' fans.