“I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career.” Quote by Joseph Kosinski
“I always had some kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them, so I went to architecture school in New York.” WayKindMightSchoolSidesCreativeNew YorkArchitectureArchitecture School Author:Joseph Kosinski
“When I was in architecture school, rather than giving us drafting boards and t-squares and lead pencils and stuff they gave us all the same tools that places like Digital Domain and ILM used to make features films or special effects. They gave us all these digital tools like Alias and Mya and Soft Image and all these kind of high-end computers, so I came out of architecture school knowing how to use all that stuff. And I started making short films at night.” GivingKindEndsUseSchoolFilmUsedNightStuffKnowingSpecialEffectsComputerToolsArchitectureFeaturesBoardsDigitalSquaresPencilsDomainSpecial EffectsShort FilmsDraftingAliasesArchitecture SchoolDigital Tools Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I'd like to have the script in a much better place from day one of shooting, rather than trying to continue to work on it while you shoot it. I think those are lessons you learn on any film.” ThinkingTryingFilmLessonsScriptsShootingBetter Place Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I heard, one of my producers told me this story where like the Hollywood studios brought all these high-end consultants in to try to figure out how to improve their process and make films more efficiently, and these consultants like studied the process for years and finally came up with this report they put together about how studios can improve the efficiency of their process, and the conclusion was "have the script ready by the time you're shooting.” TryingYearsEndsStoriesTogetherFilmProcessHeardFiguresReadyHollywoodScriptsStudiosProducersConclusionShootingReportsEfficiencyConsultantsHollywood Studios Author:Joseph Kosinski
“There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.” ThinkingImportantFocusLimitationStoryline Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I think 20 years of experience really came to fruition and enabled me to be able to play Cotton Marcus.” ThinkingYearsPlayAbleCottonFruitionYears Of Experience Author:Patrick Fabian
“Anyone I think who - that would go through a cancer ward and would see the result of what smoking does, would never, ever think of smoking is sexy again.” ThinkingDoeResultsCancerSexySmoking Author:Joe Eszterhas
“You make a horror film that's not very good. You'd be joining a long line, in a long video aisle, of stuff that doesn't work.” LongFilmStuffLinesHorrorVery GoodVideoJoiningHorror FilmAisleLong Lines Author:Patrick Fabian
“As much as I'd like to pretend that I'm not performing, I think any actor sometimes has themselves outside of themselves and is trying to direct themselves and control what you're seeing and thinking.” ThinkingTryingSometimesActorsSeeingDirectPerforming Author:Patrick Fabian
“Actors and preachers are people who stand up on stage and have no problem talking and they have no problem saying, "Listen to me. Follow me. I know what I'm talking about."” PeopleKnowsProblemActorsTalkingStagePreacherNo ProblemFollow MeListen To Me Author:Patrick Fabian