Drew Goddard Quotes

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years!

I love superheroes and I love weird horror films... I could definitely feel that there was a lack of movies like The Martian being made: smart genre movies that can appeal to adults.

I try not to get too cute for cute's sake.

I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about their characters.

It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations.

That's kind of how I've based my career. I find talented people and beg me to let me work with them.

What I'm looking for in my career, you know? You're looking for those lightning bolts of inspiration where someone says something that sparks an idea or suggests something strange.

I just go with what excites me.

In a weird way, it's much easier, when I don't have to worry about being a writer, to just worry about the director job, which is really fun.

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

The most fun characters to work with are characters that are complicated.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.

The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

I feel that in horror movies, especially, if you don't care about the characters, you've lost the audience. No one cares, and it becomes a process of watching people get killed.