Joe Johnston Quotes
I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and scattered pieces of the production. I had taken the job mostly because I had a cash flow problem, the only time in my career I've ever let finances enter into the decision process.
Quotes to Explore
-
We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
-
I've dealt with a lot in my life.
-
I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
-
You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
-
I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
-
The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
-
I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
-
I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between five and eight, and we just kind of pretend to be grown-up.
-
Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
-
World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
-
I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
-
Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.
-
No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
-
Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
-
Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.
-
I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives; it's part of our culture; we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.
-
What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
-
People get so trapped by their technology now. Real life is so much better. I love talking with my mother and father. We really enjoy staying in and making a meal together. I'm very close with all four of my older sisters as well.
-
There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
-
Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
-
My Tarkovsky idolatry was at its peak, but 'Nostalghia' really didn't do anything for me. 'The Sacrifice' was similarly disappointing for me. Next thing we knew, he was dead.
-
Implicit bias - our subconscious associations of race - permeates everything that we do. And we must pursue systemic accountability to fix it.
-
Man's destiny is to know, if only because societies with knowledge culturally dominate societies that lack it. Luddites and anti-intellectuals do not master the differential equations of thermodynamics or the biochemical cures of illness. They stay in thatched huts and die young.
-
I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and scattered pieces of the production. I had taken the job mostly because I had a cash flow problem, the only time in my career I've ever let finances enter into the decision process.
