Quotes by Jon Favreau

“At first you want to have a reputation as being talented or funny or...you know...special. As you go through it you just the biggest compliment you can get is to be...to get recognized that youre a real pro and consummate professional.”

“The key to writing real characters is not to treat everybody like a real person and give everybody a good side and a bad.”

“I used to be in arts and stuff. But I never was encouraged to...I was...aimed toward the sciences.”

“I find that people...very few people think that what theyre doing is bad, and usually the people who think what theyre doing is bad it has more to do with guilt.”

“I dont think Im egotistical as much as Im taking responsibility for what Im putting out there.”

“Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and its great that I can still do that, but you know, you dont really have a lot of control over things, so its real hit or miss.”

“The prospect of [airing on TV] was very enticing to us as we made this. So, as edgy and current as we wanted to make it, we didnt want to date it either.”

“As we were thinking of Santa Claus we wanted someone who was sort of gruff, but has a heart and theres a familiarity with [Asner].”

“John Carter of Mars”

“Were trying to find a seat on the bus.”

Between the theme parks and the movies, the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to. Walt was able to expose me as a child to the full array of emotions, including fear and sorrow. Those movies and attractions haunted my dreams and made a deep impression on me as a child.

The ultimate storyteller is Shakespeare, who was able to get the groundlings to laugh at his bawdy humor and storylines but could still be studied by scholars to this day for the complexity of his language, meter, and symbolism. Thats the real guy.

Its great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.

I cant begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of Elf on television has been for me. Its great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor.

I dont have a lot of patience for movies that arent cleanly told.

For me, I love food. Its my greatest pleasure and also the thing that could ruin you as well. Its one of those things where, if youre not thoughtful about it, it could be unhealthy. But if theres a mindfulness about it; it actually is a wonderful tool of emotional expression.

At the end of the day, it seems like theres a critic archetype for food movies, like with Ratatouille or anything. You know, if you were doing a puppet show about chefs, one puppet would be the chef, one would be the critic.

For years, I was watching other people have so much fun playing out their version of authorship, like Louis C.K. and Larry David. As I watched them do their thing, I began to pine for the days when I had a lot less expected of me and, often, a lot more creative freedom. The courage that those guys have is always captivating to me.

People look at Marvel movies as epic in scope, but if you look back at the comics, you realise that Marvel heroes were often a reaction to the square-jawed DC characters like Superman, who were flawless and beyond reproach.

I like happy endings in movies. I think life has a happy ending. When its all said and done, its all something worthwhile, and I want my movies to reflect that. There are enough things to be sad about. When you pop in a movie, let the message be one thats one of hope.