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" I didn't even think anyone would want to make 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to distribute 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to see 'Cop Car.' "

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" I think the danger in trying to set too many things up or do too much world-building in a movie so soon is you forget to actually make a movie. "

Jon Watts

Think

Too Much

Trying

" I liked writing with my friends and making our own little stories. Making a movie like 'Spider-Man' never even crossed my mind. "

" That's why people love Spider-Man: he's the most grounded, relatable of superheroes. "

" I love Cameron Crowe's 'Say Anything' and 'Almost Famous.' I think those are really great coming-of-age movies. "

" Every film you see in film school takes on a heightened importance in your life. "

" Sundance is like a genre. "

Jon Watts

Sundance

Genre

" You go to the movies to be transported. That's the responsibility of filmmakers and the people that hire the filmmakers - to try and find new dreams we can all share together. "

" 'The Onion' is an amazing place to work because it's a bunch of really smart, collaborative writers who aren't afraid to try crazy things. "

" I had a recurring stress dream since I was a kid 10 years old. My friend Travis is driving, and I'm afraid we're going to get in trouble. We keep passing people I recognize, and no one is doing anything. Travis keeps driving faster. I've had that dream a long time. "

" I think saying 'a John Hughes movie' is just shorthand for a lot of people to say 'a coming-of-age story,' because I think, when you're of a certain age, that's what John Hughes means to you. "

" I think every kid is a 'Spider-Man' fan at some point. "

" I was going to be a chemical engineer - I was a science nerd - that was the plan. I secretly applied to USC and NYU and got a scholarship to go to NYU based on a dumb animated short I made. It was a huge shock to me and my family. "

" What's nice about having kids close to the age they're playing is that you can actually capture awkwardness. "

" I had no problem relating to Peter Parker. He feels like he might be in way over his head but is desperate to prove himself. "

" There's so many great coming-of-age movies to steal from, and I feel like I just tried to steal from them all equally. "

" I only realized I could potentially make movies after seeing 'Ed Wood.' "

" I have a tendency to check out when the stakes are too high in a movie. "

" When you're writing something to direct, you just write exactly what you're going to do. You don't have to write it in a way for other people to understand or interpret. "

" By having Spider-Man exist in the same universe as the Guardians of the Galaxy... C'mon, that opens up so many possibilities! "

" The movie I made with my friends in my hometown based on a dream becomes a stepping stone to 'Spider-Man.' I wish I could say this was an amazing, calculated path but... It's so weird. "

" When you make a movie for a really low budget, it makes you really strict. You have to plan things down to the tiniest detail. "

" I wouldn't say I was a massive comic fan growing up, just because I now know people that really are, and I would never claim to be in that same category. "

" Since being at Marvel, I've been watching everything over and over and over again, all the movies, and seeing how all the movies connect has been very satisfying for me. "

Jon Watts

Watching

Everything

" There's this great panel - I forget what the actual comic is - of Spider-Man in the rain holding an umbrella and eating some Chinese takeout. It's like, that's the essence of 'Spider-Man.' "

" Talking to someone you have a crush on is as scary as fighting a super-villain. "

" I love 'River's Edge.' "

" I feel like what we've done in 'Homecoming' is really scratching the surface with Spider-Man. "

Jon Watts

Surface

Feel

" Something I learned early on in my career is there's no use trying to fool anybody about what you want to do on a project where there are other people involved, rather than your own thing. "

" I've always pre-vized my movies, just on my own. Even when it was, like, zero-budget things, I used this programme to do storyboards because I can't draw that well. "

" On an independent film where you're working with just a handful of people, you don't have to explain anything because no one cares. You can do whatever you want. There's no one there to tell you not to do it. "