Jon M. Chu Quotes
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I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you have to have reels for a movie.
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I make movies that I enjoy making and tell stories that I want to see, so it’s hard. You never reverse engineer those things and go, “What would appeal to this or that?” Even if I tried, I don’t know. I’m an all-American kid.
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The thing that keeps me interested is that I love stories. I love going to movies and I love watching stuff that sparks ideas in my brain.
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I don't feel like I need to be on an island to be enjoying myself and relaxing.
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I just feel so lucky to tell stories and make up stories and share them with people.
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When I'm doing more than one movie because it makes one not the end of the world. It makes me feel like, "Okay, I won. I had a victory on this one, today. And I lost on this one, today." I can keep going back-and-forth.
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I love 'Dr Strangelove.
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I may not get the opportunity to make movies for my whole life, but I'm going to make movies for the rest of my life. Maybe studios won't pay for it, but I'm going to do it because I love it. So, I just have to be proud of what I make, and what I'm trying to say in what I make. If people don't like it or people don't see it, that's beyond what I can control. I'm a storyteller, and people are going to listen or not and like it or not. That's only solidified over time.
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Going after any movie there is a lot of competition to try and get it.
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Each movie is different because each audience is different. You're not dictated by what they tell you to do. You're more dictated by seeing symptoms of things you didn't intend, and how you can fix those symptoms.
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Everyone who shoots dance sequences does it in a different way. Everyone who shoots fight sequences does it in a different way.
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I took tap classes growing up.
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I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.
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When I was in Boy Scouts, back in the day, we'd tell stories around the campfire. That's why I love movies. It's literally you and your friends, telling stories around a campfire, whatever they may be.
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For someone like Daniel Radcliffe, it’s really fun to go against your image. He’s such a goody-two-shoes in Harry Potter. I just wanted him to throw off the gloves and be weird and quirky.
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I love the process of working with people and having things going on, all the time, and just trying to trust your instincts.
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You're never going to satisfy everybody.
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I can't let fear kill my creative brain. Fear is the killer. Your bad choices come from fear. And I'm constantly combating fear. I'm one of the most fearful people, which may be why I'm so sensitive about it. I combat fear, constantly. So, when something like this happens, it only makes us stronger, but it reminds you that your strength is by being able to fight that stuff off and being okay with failure. If I get everything I wish and I get to make movies for the rest of my life, I'm going to have many failures and I need to be okay with that.
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I love the adventure of telling all types of stories and trying to conquer each one.
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A director is what a director wants to be. If you want to force something, you can fight to the death and maybe get fired, but it's your job to help push things along.
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Once you see dance as a weapon - and everyone has a different weapon - it makes dance really interesting.
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I was never crying and shaking like the Beliebers do, but I understand the idolizing of a hero.
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When I'm doing something, it's something that I had a perspective on in my childhood, or now, but it may be different. I always can go back to what I love, but if somebody has a better idea, then I'm all for it.
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I like to dance, but I'm not a dancer.
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I'm not the most sophisticated person. I'm not the smartest person in the world. But, I know what makes me excited about life, from Spielberg movies to Michael Jackson music videos to cartoons on Saturday mornings, which made my childhood.
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I love pop culture. I love gossiping about all the different stars.
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Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.
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I think the universe is so big you can't really deal with everybody.
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In all my work, I try to tell great stories that people want to go to the movie theater to watch, or want to turn on, and are compelled to watch it, over and over and over again, and will make a mark when they grow up.
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I never knew Steve Jobs. I met him once, but I never knew him. But growing up in the Silicon Valley, he was the hero. He was the guy.
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