Joe Johnston famous quotes

I've always said that fame is fleeting, but anonymity can last a lifetime.
-- Joe Johnston

#Fleeting #Lasts #Lifetime

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the black-and-white text that's there in the script.
-- Joe Johnston

#Real #Character #Black And White

Maybe it's every kid's dream to go into a pod and come out looking like Captain America. And you don't even have to exercise or lift weights! It's great!
-- Joe Johnston

#Dream #Kids #Exercise

I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and scattered pieces of the production. I had taken the job mostly because I had a cash flow problem, the only time in my career I've ever let finances enter into the decision process.
-- Joe Johnston

#Jobs #Taken #Cash Flow

Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.
-- Joe Johnston

#Two #America #Perfect

I'd love to make a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' The film didn't do as well at the box office as we all hoped, but it has endured and generated a following.
-- Joe Johnston

#Office #Film #Boxes

I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.
-- Joe Johnston

#Adrenaline #Not Sure #Shows

I had thirty weeks of prep on 'Captain America.' I have a small team of qualified, supportive, creative producers who are actually helping me achieve my vision of the film. I had a dream cast headed by Chris Evans. I had the best designers, artists, sculptors, craftspeople.
-- Joe Johnston

#Dream #Team #Artist

I think it tends to be overused and can be a little bit gimmicky. A lot of people are using 3-D now because they feel have they have to... that will come and go and the pictures that deserve to be in 3-D will continue to be. When it's done bad, it can make you carsick.
-- Joe Johnston

#Thinking #People #Done

Anonymity is a wonderful thing if you can hang on to it. I live in Pasadena where we try to keep the movie people out. We discourage them from moving in our neighborhood and if they do we burn effigies on their lawns.
-- Joe Johnston

#Moving #People #Trying