J. J. Abrams

I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.

As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.

Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.

All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.

I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.

I was never really a comic-book fanatic.

I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.

What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.

The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be.

There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama.

I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous.

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.

I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.

What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.