Rian Johnson Quotes

The advice I give to every filmmaker is you have to be tenacious. You can't give up.

Ultimately, if you want to make movies, you've got to want to make movies every day, when people are paying you to make movies and when they're not, because you're going to get a lot more no's on this business, no matter what it is, than you are going to get yeses.

To make movies you just have to want it enough. You have to have the passion for telling stories. You have to get by the love-of-movies aspect. You can't just be a movie fan.

Be passionate about your [movie] material, because you're going to have to overcome a lot of "No's," and it's that passion that fuels the fight.

If you invent the Mini Cooper, pour all your energy and passion into it and it gets made, you should be on a roll. In the film industry you have to start again the next day.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films.

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.

I always loved movies. I wanted to be in them! I always saw them and said, 'How do you do that?' It seemed like going to the moon. It was not a rational thought, but that's the only thing I wanted to do.

Musical success depends on how much you enjoy it and how much you are willing to put in. Luck must follow, too.

All I know is this: The reason that I've gotten attention from this industry is that I just kept making films until they paid attention.

One thing people always say to me: 'Keep playing.'

I am so impressed with people who can really make a big movie, a good movie. The amount of work that goes into it is incredible.

You don't have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can't help but make a good movie.

The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do something.

I like all kinds of movies, I love movies; and I always wanted to try and make one.

I think one of the reasons that Steven (Spielberg) and I have been as successful as we have is because we like the movies. We like to go to the movies. We enjoy movies and we want to make movies like the ones we enjoy.

I'm making and marketing my films, by any means necessary, and enjoying life while I do so.

There wasn't anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies.

When you're working on a film, it's intense and it's very all-consuming. There's not something in particular.

I have a profound respect for cinematographers. That is my secret sauce. Like they are everything to me.

I'm extremely grateful that I discovered my passion. I love movies. I love to watch them, I love to make them.

That's why successful people in every field are almost universally members of a certain set - the set of people who don't give up.

This business [moviemaking] isn't easy. It's a hard business. You just keep plugging away until you figure it out. You write something you love and keep banging on people's heads until somebody lets you do it.

Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of commitment and of sweat equity, and therefore there's a direct correlation to passion.