Quotes by Colin Trevorrow

About Colin Trevorrow:

Colin Trevorrow is an American film director and screenwriter, known as the director of the indie film Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) and the Jurassic Park sequel, Jurassic World (2015), which he also co-wrote. Trevorrow will also direct the upcoming Star Wars Episode IX, slated for a 2019 release.
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Like a lot of people my age, I grew up on Amblin movies. They're a part of who I am as a filmmaker and, arguably, as a person.

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I was re-watching 'E.T.' recently, and that scene where they're all around the pizza, bringing the pizza in, and gambling and stuff together, it's such an amazing tone, it's so rough, and nobody's really talking about anything, and it feels like you'...

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The best of all kinds of movies are character-driven, and I definitely don't want to lose sight of why Derek and I started to write movies together in the first place.

Colin Trevorrow

I'm from Oakland and San Francisco, so I feel like the Pacific Northwest starts there and goes north - so, it's home to me.

Colin Trevorrow

We would go back and maybe not say that thing to our dad that we said, or maybe be a little nicer to someone who we cared about and had a relationship with when we were young. You know, they're subtle things, but we carry those with us forever. And I...

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Nobody wants to make a bad 'Flight of the Navigator' remake. There's just no interest. We're going to do it if it's good.

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I think, if you can, it's OK to put something in a movie because it makes you feel good.

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There's no such thing as good or bad dinosaurs. There are predators and prey. The T-Rex in 'Jurassic Park' took human lives and saved them. No one interpreted her as good or bad.

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I'm a 'Star Wars' kid. I'm a 'Back to the Future' kid. I'm a Spielberg kid.

Colin Trevorrow

'Jurassic Park' movies don't fit into a specific genre. They're sci-fi adventures that also have to be funny, emotional, and scary as hell. That takes a lot of construction, but it can't feel designed.

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Jake Johnson wanted to make clear that he was the great American actor, not just the funny guy on 'New Girl.'

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I love big movies, and I love big moments.

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I love the challenge of having one character who is traveling back in time to find someone. Nowadays, the only way we think to find someone is on Facebook.

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We've all been disappointed by new installments of the stories we love. But with all this talk of filmmakers 'ruining our childhood,' we forget that right now is someone else's childhood. This is their time. And I have to build something that can tak...

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That's the thing about leaks: sometimes they aren't misinterpreted or false.

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'Jurassic World' takes place in a fully functional park on Isla Nublar. It sees more than 20,000 visitors every day. You arrive by ferry from Costa Rica. It has elements of a biological preserve, a safari, a zoo, and a theme park. There is a luxury r...

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'Jurassic Park' isn't about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation.

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I tell you, man, I'm every bit as a 'Star Wars' fan as anyone else.

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I've said before: 'If you're going to earnestly sing a song around a campfire, you'd better be a Muppet!' Or else we're just not going to buy it.

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I like how you can go back and watch David Lean and John Ford and see the influence that had on Steven Spielberg, especially David Lean, in the camerawork, and yet, you don't watch any Spielberg movie and think of David Lean. Once you're looking for ...

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Author Bio

  • NameColin Trevorrow
  • DescriptionAmerican film director
  • BornSeptember 13, 1976
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter