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" I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that. "

Joseph Kosinski

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" As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary. "

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" But I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. The closest I ever got to movies was going to watch them, and I thought that's the way it would be, so I never considered working in this business. "

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" I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasn't going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing. "

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" An established property can be a blessing and a challenge. On one hand you have all those fans of the original that you can pick up with and continue on with but then you have a lot of people out there who haven't seen the first and might feel like this isn't a movie for them because of that. "

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" I always say, 'If you're planning on seeing our movie, don't look at any more of the materials.' "

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