Joss Whedon Quotes

Everything I do is going to contain the message that men who are going to be comfortable with powerful women are going to be more powerful men

If you can't do something smart, do something right.

I'll take crazy over stupid any day.

We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty.

A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend

There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense." "Well, actually, that would be one of the five.

Doctor, I'm taking your sister under my protection. If any thing happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you I will get very choked up. Honestly, there could be tears.

How did you find me here? If I was blind, I would see you. Stay with me. Forever. That's the whole point. I'll never leave. Not even if you kill me.

It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster.

"'Come on, guys, I'm the leader of a whole movie...!' I tell when I want people to fear and respect me. Not wildly effective."

It's a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation. It's no different than any other storytelling.

The fact of the matter is fame predates even the age of cinema.

I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in the comic. It was compelling. That's why it's iconic."

You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle.

Beautiful revelations of power are often written by the guy who got kicked around and didn’t have any power.

I write to be the characters that I am not.

I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.

I have had a dream my whole life... and it was not this good.

What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power.

There are many films and TV shows I make where people find themselves in fantastical situations; as often as possible their reactions to it are very normal.

It's not enough to bash in heads. You've got to bash in minds.

You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.

Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves.

I eat 'The Walking Dead' like its made of brains. Can't even watch the show, I love the book so much.

I'm totally cool. I'm totally calm, and I'm totally cool. My calm is exceeded only by my cool. Which is total. Here we go.

I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake. And plus she had that close relationship with God.

I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins.

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.

I love a straightforward character. I am the guy who loves Cyclops on the 'X-Men', because he is square.

People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our children possibly more than any single thing.

Casting is storytelling.

So, no more running. I aim to misbehave.

I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up.

Captain, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.

Buffy Anne Summers 1981-2001 Beloved sister devoted friend she saved the world a lot.

The stupidest person in the room might have the best idea.

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores.

Cordelia: I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan. Oz: We attack the Mayor with hummus. Cordelia: I stand corrected. Oz: Just keeping things in perspective.

The one thing a creator can bring to the table when everybody else has all the money and power is centeredness and the ability to walk away. Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.

If nothing we do matters... , then all that matters is what we do

You either believe women are people or you don't. It's that simple.

I'm never interested in movies where you don't care about the people you're watching, and that's my biggest quibble about horror, that kids have gotten stupider and stupider.

Kristen Stewart is kind of captivating; she can just stare at stuff and it works because I still want to watch it.

I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.'

Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

Actors wait tables, directors work at video stores.

Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. We live in a space ship, dear.

Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books.

I'm a science fiction geek from birth - that's just who I am.

Identity is something that you are constantly earning.