1 | ->Some people have a gift of reaching right into your soul\ |
2 | And finding the hole\ |
3 | And [[BaitAndSwitchComment making it bigger]] |
4 | -->-- Reel Big Fish ''Drunk Again'' |
5 | |
6 | ->People are ''always'' surprised when Joss kills characters. Come on man, look at the history; that guy loves to kill people! He loves to get you invested, he loves to get you all worked up, and rootin' for people, and then bam. |
7 | -->-- '''Creator/NathanFillion''' in the bonus features for ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' |
8 | |
9 | ->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. [[KickTheDog And their puppy.]] |
10 | -->-- '''Joss Whedon''', [[http://whedonesque.com/comments/9548 Whedonesque]] |
11 | |
12 | ->'''Creator/NeilPatrickHarris:''' You do kill a lot of chicks.\ |
13 | '''Joss Whedon:''' My personal life is not the point here! |
14 | -->-- At the Comic Con panel for ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' |
15 | |
16 | ->Q: So, why do you write these strong female characters?\ |
17 | A: Because you're still asking me that question. |
18 | -->--'''"American Rhetoric: Joss Whedon - Equality Now Address".''' (May 15, 2006) |
19 | |
20 | ->Q: So Joss, why do you write these strong female characters?\ |
21 | A: To get laid. |
22 | -->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCYsUl8n-0 Joss answering a fan at a comic convention.]]''' |
23 | |
24 | -> ''"Let's not talk to Joss. He's sad and confusing."'' |
25 | -->-- '''WebVideo/CommentaryTheMusical''' |
26 | |
27 | -> About killing off [[spoiler:Giles]]: "I wanted to make all this matter and have something that would send emotional ripples through all the characters. Also, I’m a prick." |
28 | -->--'''Joss Whedon, in an Entertainment Weekly article.''' (Jan 19, 2011) |
29 | |
30 | -> "I have had a dream my whole life... and it was '''not this good'''." |
31 | -->-- On writing and directing ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' movie. |
32 | |
33 | -> "Presumably Claudio is impaled on something sharp in the final act." |
34 | -->-- '''Mightygodking''' on Joss Whedon's ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing2012'' |
35 | |
36 | -> "I'm, no offense, very tired of being labelled as 'the guy who kills people.' [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] ([[SarcasmMode he's this hot new writer]]) does it way more than me, and everyone's all excited about how he, as it were, holds a mirror up to nature, while I'm like the [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] of the writing community. Unfair." |
37 | -->-- [[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s2uh1/i_am_joss_whedon_ama/c4anu6r In his Reddit AMA session]] |
38 | |
39 | -> "In my world, heroes bugger each other senseless. Not all of them, but more than you'd think, and [[WildMassGuessing probably not who you're thinking]]." |
40 | -->-- [[http://whedonesque.com/comments/9323 Just see here]] |
41 | |
42 | -> "I have one particular theme ...and that's helplessness. The empowerment of someone who's helpless. And that has everything to do with how I feel about myself. Buffy was a pretty blond girl of whom nothing was expected, who didn’t try very hard at anything, and then suddenly became the most powerful person around — that theme, whether it’s empowerment or the discovery that one is powerless, that drives everything I do." |
43 | -->-- [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/05/03/avengers-director-joss-whedon-on-trying-to-be-more-like-buffy/5/ Forbes: 'Avengers' Director Joss Whedon on Trying to Be More Like Buffy]] |
44 | |
45 | -> "... the only thing that matters is what we do. This is what I believe. I believe that 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." |
46 | -->-- From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReyF2ZzXGA&feature=context-vrec this video]], where Joss explains his views on religion and morality in response to an audience question. |
47 | |
48 | ->"We choose which meaning to give these objects. [[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace A gun can be a stick, a ship can be a soul]], and a [[Series/{{Firefly}} TV show]] can be important, even if [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove no one watches it]]." |
49 | -->-- '''Creator/JossWhedon''', featured at the end of the final episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. |
50 | |
51 | ->"If the fifties were seen as television’s Golden Age, right now we're smack in the middle of a platinum one—[[ShoutOut thank you, Joss Whedon]], for kicking that off—and my tiVo and I are ''likethis''." |
52 | -->--'''Lani Diane Rich''' in [[http://www.smartpopbooks.com/welcome-to-camp-noir/ "Welcome to Camp Noir."]] |
53 | |
54 | ->"I don't think it's a perfect movie. I don't even think it's a great movie. I think it's a great ''time'', and I'm proud of it, but for me, what was exciting is that people don't go to see a movie that many times unless it's pulling on something from within, unless there's a need there. That's very gratifying." |
55 | --> '''Joss''' on ''The Avengers'' |
56 | |
57 | ->"I don't make things people like. I make things people LOVE. |
58 | --> '''Joss''' on... everything. |
59 | |
60 | ->"Sometimes it feels like ''"Man, I'm being written so goofy!"'', but then you've gotta realize, no, that's Joss. Joss is a bit [[Creator/AntonChekhov Chekhovian]] in that way. Joss is more interested, it seems, when people are fallible and funny and foolish and dear." |
61 | -->-- '''Creator/JamesMarsters''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' DVD Extra |
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