Every hour that you spend doing something, even if you love it more than anything, you're not with your family. Every project that you take on, that's another choice.
J. J. AbramsI feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.
J. J. AbramsWe went on the opening weekend [of Star Wars], a group of us went out and just popped into a couple theaters just to see people in the theater watching the movie, and it was incredibly gratifying just to see the thing out there being watched by people. And the reaction was more than we could've expected.
J. J. AbramsAnd the parents who knew "Star Wars" could take kids and feel like they've gone back to a place that is familiar and yet found brand-new characters that took them somewhere they'd never been. And it was important me that we embrace that feeling, and you can call it retro, but I think it's what "Star Wars" is.
J. J. Abrams