Adam Wingard Quotes, born December 3, 1982, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is an American filmmaker known for his work in horror and action genres, directing films like You’re Next (2011), The Guest (2014), Blair Witch (2016), and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). Rising from low-budget horror to blockbuster MonsterVerse epics, his bold style captivates audiences. These 15 quotes—sourced from interviews and publications—reflect his insights on filmmaking, creativity, and storytelling, capturing his visionary spirit.
15 Adam Wingard Quotes
- “To me, the thing about anime is that it’s so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see ‘Akira’ there with the little ‘Not for Kids’ sticker on it. That always made an impact on me.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I think, as a filmmaker, it’s important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what’s working and what’s not.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I love going on IMDb message boards, and there are some hilarious things that go on there—the most negative people on the planet.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “If we’re going to be considered horror filmmakers, we have to prove it not only to ourselves but to the audience that we can actually make something scary.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “You can be precious about something like ‘Blair Witch’ and say, ‘How dare you approach it as a sequel or remake,’ but its legacy was so tarnished by ‘Book of Shadows’ that someone had to come in and do something in the spirit of the original.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “‘Cloverfield’ and ‘REC’ are great examples of movies that took kind of tired genres, the monster movie and the zombie film, and by filming them in found footage, it was a new perspective.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I like the idea of a character that you wanna like even though you know he’s making immoral choices throughout the film.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “‘Drive’ is definitely an inspiration because it was a film that was able to use what would normally be considered cheesy, kind of bold, electronic music choice and pull it off in a mainstream way.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I love so-called movies that are bad movies, but ‘Prometheus’ is one of those movies that people are gonna come back around on in 20 years.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “What’s really scary about the original ‘Blair Witch’ is that it doesn’t really answer any questions, so what makes that ending so scary is you walk out feeling dirty because you don’t even know what happened.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “This house I grew up in was built in the 1800s, and the back yard was like a cemetery. Naturally, I grew up in an environment where ghosts and supernatural things were very unnerving to me.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The whole Bond thing has gotten so dour with the direction they’ve been going in, it feels like they need to move back to Pierce Brosnan-style fun Bond again.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I hate it when you are watching a movie where the characters are on the news, and for some reason they shoot it with a 35mm camera or a 4K camera, and they just put it on the TV as if that’s the way it would look—it always takes me out of it.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “A lot of people ask me, ‘Are you going to do a sequel to ‘The Guest’ or ‘You’re Next?’—those movies weren’t financially viable, so even though there are a lot of fans of it, it’d be a pretty small market we’d be appealing to.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “As a filmmaker, you’re making a movie and the commentaries like an extra thing and if you have to explain or anything else in a commentary anything… you know it’s just a separate thing it’s not the movie you know.” (Interview, Toho Kingdom, 2021)
Adam Wingard’s quotes are a vibrant mix of creativity, horror passion, and filmmaking grit, inspiring fans to tell bold stories. Which quote’s got you ready to direct your own epic? Drop it in the comments and keep Wingard’s visionary fire blazing!
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