Joss Whedon Quotes

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Joss Whedon

Profession : Writer

Birth : June 23, 1964

I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. It's the old you-gotta-paint-like-them-before-you-can-paint-like-you thing.

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I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring is all about nonspecificity. You know, if I shuffled the tracks from 'Inception,' I challenge you to tell me which is which.

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I was raised by a hardcore feminist.

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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.

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I get recognized just often enough to keep my ego bouncing along, but not so much that I can't go places.

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I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within an inch of its life.

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I think there's a possibility that comic book movies are getting a tiny bit better on the one hand because they're no longer made by executives, who are, you know, ninety-year-old bald tailors with cigars, going, 'The kids love this!'

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The networks have a particular agenda, a particular model and structure. It doesn't have anything to do with content. This is not a dis on them - they are a business model, run by business people.

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In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be.

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

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You know, the thing that I do to waste time is think of things I want to make. That's how my mind is employed.

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I can do web, comic books, macrame, art.

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Casting is storytelling.

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I don't believe in creating exclusionary art.

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My favorite part of Comic-Con? The groupies.

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I would love to give you a more in-depth coherent explanation of my view of the soul, and if I had one I would. The soul and my concept of it are as ephemeral as anybody's, and possibly more so.

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I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that.

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There's a reason Tony Stark makes fun of 'Thor,' and mentions 'Shakespeare' in the park in 'The Avengers.' It's great to play high drama and comedy alongside a modern story.

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I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilarious thing for me to say because for many, many years I was the guy whose only contribution to any conversation was, 'There was a funny 'Simpson's' joke about that.'

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Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class.

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