Genre Selection Quotes

It's not about choosing a specific genre; that's not how I go about deciding what movies to make.

Many times, what's in the script doesn't make it to the film these days, and when you choose a job, you take it based on genre and whom you're going to work with, if you believe in them.

Studios are attracted by making money, and they're also trying to simplify things, going with the genre thing. The gambling instincts of a few years ago where you might make some thousands or a few hundred, it's nothing now.

My advice is to write about what you are interested in. If you read science fiction and fantasy, then write in that genre. If you read romance novels, then try writing one.

I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.

For me, choosing between fiction and nonfiction is really only about picking the right tool for the job.

I didn't have an affinity for horror. But I knew that commercially it was viable.

I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.

I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them.

Once I got into film, I was never like, 'I want to make comedies.'

Part of the job is knowing how to use this medium in the most effective way for the story you're telling, so for me, to pick a genre I want to do is a little harder. I would say it's more about thinking, 'What genre will work for what kind of story?' And then, when all of that comes, I embrace it and run with it.

If you want to laugh, see a comedy. If you want to cry, see a drama, and if you want suspense, see a thriller.

I didn't want to write travelogues.

I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.

Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagas—why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?" "Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?" "Yeah, God only knows what Tolstoy was thinking.

You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose genres as the element, but the material itself is the element, then I'll decide what genre I need. That's just how I work.

Movies take a lot of time to make, so when I sign onto a project, I ask, do I want to dedicate a lot of time to this world? And more so, I look at what I need for me. Do I want to make a comedy? Do I want to make a drama? What do I need? Am I in the right headspace to do this role? And then politics come into consideration, too.