9 Quotes & Sayings By James Gunn

James E. Gunn is the author of 'The Passion of Ayn Rand' and 'The Life of Ayn Rand'. He was born in Houston, Texas, where he still lives, although he has also lived in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York City, Dallas, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Paris. He began his career in Hollywood in the 1970s as an assistant to producer-director Roger Corman Read more

His first screenwriting credit was for The Last Movie (1977), directed by Corman. Gunn also wrote the screenplay for Dennis Hopper's Hollywood Boulevard (1982) and Screenplay for Marjoe (1972), directed by James Algar.

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I like to be able to feel as many parts of myself while watching a movie at one time. I think that's what 'Super' is - it's funny, but it's also sad. It's very touching in certain ways, and it's also got a very dark sense of humor. So it's allowed to go anywhere. James Gunn
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When I got hired to do 'Guardians, ' it was the dream of a lifetime for me. This is what I've been working towards. I've always wanted to create a space adventure, and especially a space adventure with a raccoon. Now that I'm finally able to do it, I created exactly the movie I wanted to make. James Gunn
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Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other, usually depending on the state of the world. James Gunn
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When I was a kid, I was obsessed with different planets in the solar system, and I used to create, for every single planet, a different alien race with a certain kind of pet, a certain kind of house, a certain kind of water system, and everything. I would draw these pictures. I had hundreds of these pictures in a box. James Gunn
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I can't be told life is beautiful through a normal positive thinking book or a Hallmark movie that language doesn't work for me. James Gunn
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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. James Gunn
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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. James Gunn
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I have a very strong imagination and have since I was a little kid. That is where a lot of my world comes from. It's like I'm off somewhere else. And I can have a problem in life because of that, because I'm always off in some other world thinking about something else. It's constant. James Gunn