A biography for James Gunnhasn’t been written yet.
“I wrote a 20-page document, before I was ever hired, on exactly how the visuals of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' would be approached, how we'd look at creating a new type of space epic. That's exactly what the movie is today - absolutely everybody has adhered to that original document.”
“It's hard making a movie because it's like... you lose your life. I mean, really, I like being alive; I like having friends, going out, watching other people's movies, and all these things I can't do for a year while I make a movie.”
“That is who my people are - the oddballs, the rebels, and the geeks. That's what I am, so it's what I naturally feel connected to.”
“I don't have anything against corporate America. I mean, I guess there's something about living in a capitalist society that can get kind of terrifying at times.”
“Let me tell you one thing: there is no more cutthroat place to be than an independent film. Disney is a cakewalk after that - that is no lie.”
“The movies I like watching the most are these sort of cinema verite, handheld films where you really get gritty with people. But I also have this strange affinity for old Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies and things that sort of pop out where you see the frames, where you have these 2D animation moments and split-screens and things like that.”
“The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to escape a more difficult and confusing reality, even in astrophysics and particle physics.”
“I'm in favor of anything that will give strong women more visibility in popular culture.”
“In a way, metafiction breaks down the story and makes it less real. But in another respect, by that very breaking down, it actually makes things feel more real than they would to begin with.”
“The truth is that I didn't start out making commercial movies. My films were not film festival movies with the possible exception slightly of 'Super,' but I was able to nurture my gifts through the works of artists making lower budget films that needed a place and an outlet.”
“Let's face it: there's still a certain amount of racism in human beings, so that shows up in Hollywood.”
“I love 'Empire' - it's my favorite of the 'Star Wars' series.”
“For me, I'm always hard on myself no matter what, so that's always a thing I have to deal with on a daily basis.”
“A lot of people die in my movies. So if you're in a few of my movies, you have a good chance of dying!”
“I like Jason Statham movies, like 'The Transporter' or whatever. I watch them all the time when they come on TV. Then I saw 'Crank,' and I couldn't believe how awesome it was.”
“Science fiction writers aren't in the prediction business; they're in the speculation business, using 'hasn't happened' or 'hasn't happened yet' to create entertaining scenarios that may or may not anticipate future realities.”
“I don't see a big difference between the job of directing a low-budget movie and the job of directing a big-budget movie.”
“Scooby's the greatest cartoon character ever. He isn't cute like Mickey or smart like Bugs or fearless like Woody and Buzz - he's a talking dog who's more human than I am. It's his humanity and imperfections that make him special.”
“Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy happier.”
“I am not into this old-school way of doing things, where you kill characters, and you bring them back, and then you kill them again, and then you bring them back, and their deaths mean nothing.”