“With 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30.” ScriptsBricks Author:Rian Johnson
“You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.” WantWritingEndsFoolDesperate Author:Rian Johnson
“You never want to make a "message movie," but you always want to be talking about something that you care about.” WantCareTalkingMessages Author:Rian Johnson
“Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob in the future who send their victims back in time. A guy is sent his future self, he lets him run, and the whole short was them chasing each other across the city. That sat in a drawer for 10 years until after I made 'Brothers Bloom.” MenYearsMadeSelfWholeRunningFilmGuyCitiesBrotherVictimShootingSatChasingBricksDrawersBack In TimeShort FilmsFuture Self Author:Rian Johnson
“Even if I had $200 million, I’m very wary of overusing CGI. I think it’s a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does tend to be overused and especially in sci-fi stuff.” IfsThinkingFeelsDoeUsedStuffMillionsToolsSci FiCgiOverused Author:Rian Johnson
“Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something, you're growing, and you're pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. So I think you'd be in real trouble if each new thing that you create didn't feel like 'Oh, wow. I feel like I'm doing something a little different this time.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsLittlesDifferentRealGrowingTroubleHarderHopefullyPushingWowNew ThingsPush Yourself Author:Rian Johnson
“I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I've done, I've ended up playing with genre in some way or another, so any genre that's made to mix with others is like candy to me. It allows you to use big, mythic situations to talk about ordinary things.” WayMadeDoneUseBigsSeemsFictionSituationOrdinaryScience FictionGenreCandyOrdinary ThingsScience Love Author:Rian Johnson
“I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't consciously thinking of them, I think they simmer. You're working on them, even if you don't know you're working on them, and I think having something in your head for a while is a valuable thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsIdeasBigsBrainValuableBelieverValuable Things Author:Rian Johnson
“I feel like people want to be surprised when they get out of the movies. They want something thrown at them they didn't expect. They want stuff that reminds them of the feelings that you get when you're watching art house movies but with the fun of like a big summer movie. That's the goal, I guess.” PeopleWantFeelsArtFeelingsBigsHouseFunStuffGoalSummerThrownWant Something Author:Rian Johnson
“I just don't think CGI is up to manipulating the human face yet. I feel like you can get away with it with aliens or monsters or something that's intentionally foreign, but I have yet to see anything digital to do with the human face that doesn't just look ridiculous.” ThinkingFeelsHumansLooksFacesLike YouRidiculousMonstersAliensDigitalGet AwayHuman FacesCgi Author:Rian Johnson