Alex Kurtzman Quotes, born Alexander Hilary Kurtzman on September 7, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, is an American filmmaker, writer, and producer renowned for revitalizing the Star Trek franchise since 2009. He co-wrote blockbuster films like Transformers (2007), Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) with his longtime collaborator Roberto Orci. Kurtzman made his directorial debut with People Like Us (2012) and directed The Mummy (2017). As a television producer, he co-created Fringe (2008–2013) and oversees Star Trek series including Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds. These 15 quotes—sourced from interviews, his work, and posts on X—reflect his insights on storytelling, character development, science fiction, and creativity, capturing his passion for emotionally resonant narratives.
15 Alex Kurtzman Quotes
- “I think what people watch television for is the emotional continuity, from episode to episode, and feeling that the experience that they had, four episodes ago, has actually been building to an episode that comes later, and knowing that the characters are growing, as a result of that, and making mistakes, is really, really important to the way people connect to television.” (discoverquotes.com, n.d.)
- “When you’re watching a Hitchcock movie, you, for most of the movie, are playing the guessing game. What’s the endgame? What’s the plot? How are these people involved? It’s the best way to tell the story, and as a viewer, that’s what you want to experience.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The thing for me, and I can only really judge this by what I respond to myself as an audience member, I really only respond to a movie if I’m interested in the people who are in it. It’s really that simple. If I’m not, then it’s all noise.” (Love Expands, n.d.)
- “We were wildly influenced by The X-Files. Even when we created Fringe, it was the same thing. It’s the gold standard of all gold standards, in genre television, and it was so wonderful because you felt so much for those characters.” (discoverquotes.com, n.d.)
- “What your character does for a living is one of the most important choices you can make in a screenplay, even if their job is tangential to the story, because it tells you everything about the condition of their life. Are they doing what they love? Are they doing what they hate?” (discoverquotes.com, n.d.)
- “I think, about a lot of these monsters is that there are these very central, basic, human emotions that you can talk about when you talk about these monsters. You can talk about Dracula’s longing for love, you can talk about the Mummy’s longing for love.” (slashfilm.com, 2016)
- “In one way or another, everybody has this experience in their lives… the moment when you have to define your relationship to family and how your family’s made you who you are, whether you’ve spent your life running from your family or deeply connected to your family.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I asked a director once what the secret of it all was, and he said you have to be so prepared that you are willing to throw all your preparation away in the moment when you see something better.” (Inspiring Quotes, n.d.)
- “When you’re a kid and you’re a superhero lover, the holy trinity is Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, so to be able to take any of those and play with it is a huge joy.” (Love Expands, n.d.)
- “The bad guy in any good storytelling is always, in some weird way, a mirror for your hero’s journey and for the challenges that they are facing and is some weird physical externalization of that fear that the character is holding onto and has to overcome.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I think our goal and intention is to make sure that, when you watch each episode, you don’t have to make that choice, but also that you can have stand-alone episodes, where a story can have a beginning, middle and end.” (Inspiring Quotes, n.d.)
- “I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music.” (Inspiring Quotes, n.d.)
- “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” (Post on X, @Alex_Kurtzman, 2019-09-16, quoting Carl Sagan)
- “I think one of the things that singularly defines Star Trek is that science is the solution to the problem. It’s always the combination of science and humanity, and then taking the humane approach and understanding where the intersection is between those two things.” (The Pod Directive, 2021)
- “An emotional story is an emotional story no matter how big or small it is.” (Love Expands, 2020)
Alex Kurtzman’s quotes are a compelling blend of creative wisdom, emotional depth, and reverence for storytelling, inspiring fans to connect with characters, embrace bold ideas, and find humanity in every narrative. Which one’s got you ready to craft your own epic story? Drop it in the comments and keep his visionary spirit alive!
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