The biggest challenge is not the storytelling, it's to track every character's arc through the entire movie.
Simon KinbergLast thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.
Simon KinbergI felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.
Simon KinbergMake movies you love because it's miserable. Every movie I've worked on at one point or another is exhausting, and you feel like you're making a bad movie.
Simon KinbergI've always been curious what the negotiation is because obviously there's certain movies that every film wants a trailer on, like Star Wars, and I don't know how Disney makes the decisions as to what it does and doesn't put on there. I'm assuming that whatever movies are the same studio as the film get first priority, but then everybody else is fighting for the remaining spots.
Simon Kinberg