Joseph McGinty Nichol Quotes

When you're a producer or director, there's so much sweat that goes into any given project.

I do my best when I'm surrounded by women. I enjoyed that on the Charlie's Angels experience.

Sometimes you do things for personal reasons. I made a very personal movie in We Are Marshall. I was afraid of flying, for a long time, and that's a movie about a plane crash.

I enjoy that the most powerful person in Hollywood is indeed a Black woman in Oprah Winfrey. I'm hoping to just transcend beyond that.

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

I just think we live in a world where people are so excited about the hot new thing, but you can't necessarily tell a story in one movie. With this platform, we can really dive deep and go for it.

You set up the look, the visual effects and the sets, and that's awesome, but I enjoy the casting most of all. That's where you really get to define the show.

What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

TV show is always challenging. It's challenging when you have all of the time and money in the world, and it's more challenging when you have less money.

I love different kinds of movies, and I love different kinds of people. That's the spice of life.

When you're an actor, you show up and it's wonderful because you're in the world of make-believe.

When you're a kid going on being an adult, everything radiates so deeply and resonates so passionately, and I like the opportunity to tell those stories.

As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your very best.

If you look at Hollywood today, compared to five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago or 30 years ago, the change from moment to moment has always been extraordinary. It never stops moving.

It's really fun to create something that touches the world.

I don't really think about film or television or going directly to the internet. I just think about doing something that people are going to get excited about.

Sometimes you do things that are fundamentally built to touch the world, and you feel good when you're successful doing it, and you're disappeared when the world fails to respond, which also happens.

It's always fun watching new actors and new voices come out.

For me, casting is critical. It's nice that social media and the passionate fans really corroborated choices and embraced kids to be characters.