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Joss Whedon

31 quotes

“The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of Buffy, the movie, was the little...blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed, in every horror movie. The idea of Buffy was to subvert that idea, that image, and create someone who was a hero where she had always been a victim. That element of surprise … genre-busting is very much at the heart of both the movie and the series.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Welcome to the Hellmouth (1997) DVD Commentary
“I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around. … Aliens are something everyone else is doing.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Whedon creates space cowboys in 'Firefly'" in Post-Gazette (22 July 2002)
“Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn’t suck.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Liner notes to the cast album Once More, with Feeling (2002)
“You can either watch TV or you can make TV.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bronze Beta web message board, (14 February 2004) ; after Whedon's discovery that The WB had cancelled Angel. Compare: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the…
“The network called up and said 'We piggybacked you on the deal for another show,' I'm like 'Okay, so what you're saying to my writers is that they weren't picked up when they thought they were and now that they are it was because of something that has nothing to do with them. Okay. Great. Stop calling'.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer... and there are flying cars.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: TV Guide (27 December – 2 January 2004), and Foreword to Fray
“The English language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let freedom ring, unless it's on vibrate.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't actually have anything against anybody, unless their belief precludes everybody else's. … I am an atheist and an absurdist and I have been for many years. I've actually taken a huge amount of flack for that.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joss Whedon: Atheist & Absurdist", comments made in a Q&A-session in Australia, while promoting his movie Serenity (2005)
“I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joss Whedon: Atheist & Absurdist", comments made in a Q&A-session in Australia, while promoting his movie Serenity (2005)
“If I made a series of lectures on PBS on why there should be feminism, no one would be coming to the party, and it would be boring. The idea of changing culture is important to me, and it can only be done in a popular medium.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We Don’t Say Indian" in Slay Age (2005); also quoted in Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology (2010) by Jennifer K. Stuller
“Stay crunchy, even in milk.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joss to never learn how to work site! Man is complete Melvin! Mock him!" at Whedonesque.com (9 November 2005)
“I know there's been some debate about the DVD art. Just remember it's what's INside that counts, as I used to remind girls in high school constantly. CONSTANTLY — until I realized that I was empty inside. Empty and homely. Man, that's a rough combo.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joss to never learn how to work site! Man is complete Melvin! Mock him!" at Whedonesque.com (9 November 2005)
“The actors can make up their dialogue. I'm bushed, and they're all funny, and the hell with it. Maybe I'll give them a premise to work off of, like "You're all in trouble" or "Wash has a thing". They could maybe light it too.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This explains Joss perfectly." at Whedonesque.com (15 February 2006)
“People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This explains Joss perfectly." at Whedonesque.com (15 February 2006)
“People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mom, He's Doing It Again..", at Whedonesque.com (10 November 2007)
“SENTINEL: Is dead Buffy actually a robot?”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Joss: Um, no. Dead Buffy's a Buffy. But a dead one.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Orlando Sentinel (24 May 2001)
“Get out of my BRAIN!”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greatest expression of rebellion is joy.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing more painful in the world than Aly when she makes her big eyes. She makes her big hurt eyes, there's nothing you can do. She just kills you.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think that people need two kinds of fulfillment — one in which you give and one in which you hold back. Part of fulfillment is need, is longing, is being unfulfilled, that’s the nature of tragedy and a lot of drama. Very often, what the fans want, they get. But very often, what they want, they can’t quite have, because we want them to feel the way our characters felt...”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joss Whedon on life, love, and leaving 'Buffy' behind", Stanford Daily (16 May 2003)
“Hello, I'm the writer and director. Now take your clothes off and get on top of Morena.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reportedly said on the set of Serenity to Phillip Sternborg on his first day of filming, as quoted in the DVD commentary of Firefly boxset (2003).
“Q: So, why do you write these strong female characters? A: Because you’re still asking me that question.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: American Rhetoric: Joss Whedon - Equality Now Address" (15 May 2006)
“I have had a dream my whole life... and it was not this good.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being attached to direct The Avengers at the San Diego Comic-Con 2010
“All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet — it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reddit IAmA (c. April 2012)
“If I ever did a rom-com, it'd be about an orgy. I cannot do anything except ensemble-pieces. It's awful!”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Joss Whedon and Elizabeth Olsen about Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
“We’re talking about a malevolent force, We’re talking about a bad actor in both senses.”
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“I think there's a lot of people out there who say we must not have horror in any form, we must not say scary things to children because it will make them evil and disturbed... That offends me deeply, because the world is a scary and horrifying place, and everyone's going to get old and die, if they're that lucky. To set children up to think that everything is sunshine and roses is doing them a great disservice. Children need horror because there are things they don't understand. It helps them to codify it if it is mythologized, if it's put into the context of a story, whether the story has a happy ending or not. If it scares them and shows them a little bit of the dark side of the world that is there and always will be, it's helping them out when they have to face it as adults.”
Joss Whedon (born 1964) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said to Michael Silverberg of NPR; quote featured in the Buffy Monster Book (2000)