A biography for Justin Linhasn’t been written yet.
“Working with Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaoming, they're not just Chinese stars, they're movie stars.”
“I consider everybody on 'Fast' my family, you know we grew up together.”
“All of my definitions of family were heavily influenced by my 'Star Trek' experience.”
“When I was growing up, the honor role kids were picked on by the jocks. And those kids said, 'You know, 15 years from now, I'm going to be their boss and own them.'”
“Every time you try to do something different, you have to expect obstacles.”
“I think one of the great things is that when I got started, no one would return my calls, and now I get a lot of phone calls, which is good. I have options.”
“They never complained, that's what I love about my parents and it's something that inspired me.”
“I'm so sick of independent films being co-opted by Hollywood. You're making a project that's small, really personal, and the first thing anyone asks in any meeting is, 'Who's in it?' I'm like, 'Are you kidding?'”
“I get that a lot of people love 'Star Wars' - and I could see that you can love both and they can coexist in our lives. But the DNA of 'Star Trek' is different in as far as it's human beings, it's us in the future.”
“Definitely the hardest thing is to find time to be grounded with real life, but without it, I don't think I'd be able to continue to grow as a filmmaker.”
“There's a respect factor in filmmaking, like in sports, where certain things are kept in the locker room.”
“Sports is one of those few things left in our society where, as soon as you step on the court, or get in the ring, you are who you are.”
“For me, when I was growing up, everybody I knew was a 'Star Wars' kid.”
“It's dangerous to buy the American Dream without questioning. We need to ask, 'Why do I want this dream?'”
“I always end up in these volatile situations.”
“I left 'Fast and Furious' because I just felt like, at a certain point, after number six, there wasn't another story that I wanted to tell.”
“As a society, we're not perfect by any means.”
“You want to have pressure and tell stories that you find a real reason to tell, aside from any business reason. If business is your only reason, that always goes badly.”
“My brothers and I would try to talk our dad into letting us stay up and watch 'Star Trek.' I remember watching it and feeling that a family is not just by blood, a family is a shared experience and that really stuck with me.”
“For filmmakers that want to have certain control, there are certain things you can't do in VR.”