Rian Johnson Quotes

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

The best cinema is about ethics.

I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

I think I have a responsibility as a film-maker to bring not only controversial subject matter to the screen but also to inspire a thought process.

I have always wanted to work with Steven R. Monroe, and when I read his script, I was blown away! I think 'Complacent' hits a nerve that people try so desperately to avoid, which is what I love about Steven's work.

I pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a movie. What I always look for is a message and a social consciousness: a relevance to what's happening in our world.

I love that theatre can be political. You can go watch a play; it sends out messages, and you can go away thinking differently to the way you thought about it before.

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.

I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.

My films, I've tried to put a message into them. It's not about the gore; it's not about the horror element that are in them. It's more about the message, for me. That's what it is, and I'm using this platform to be able to show my feelings of what I think.

I think that's always the goal of art, is to make people ask themselves questions.

The privilege I've had over 15 movies over a very long time has been to make movies that were ambitious or grown-up, complex, that had themes in them that were sometimes political, sometimes challenging, to make these movies on a scale.

The best songs/films/collections expose truths about life and make them universally accessible; they progress humanity.

Not all our movies have a social message, but I love the ones that do, and I'd love to do more of them.

As for Hollywood, there was an offer. But I declined to do it because of certain moral and ethical values.

I don't think it's an artist's responsibility to be political all the time. I think your first responsibility as an artist is to make music that people will listen to and enjoy. However, I think that when you are able to say something that is moving and put it in a great song, then that is even better.

It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories that I want to tell.

It's never been our intention to sell millions of albums, but if our message touches that many people, then so be it.

I never want to make the kind of film whose impact ends when the audience leaves the cinema.

Music has always been my first love, and I appreciate how a great musician can bring awareness to tough issues through their work.

Cinema is very important to me. I derive a lot of strength from this art form, and I believe that it is very impactful socio-politically.

Art has the power to influence and to make you react to something that you normally wouldn't concern, worry, or even think about or wouldn't want to talk about.

'Get Out' was born out of the genius mind of Jordan Peele, to whom I will be forever grateful for believing in me and allowing me to help him tell a story so dear to him.

I'm very picky about what I'll do and the message the film has in it.

While designed to visually seduce, Dune is not primarily a formal exercise but a social, ecological, cultural one.