Joss Whedon Quotes
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Joseph Hill Whedon is an American producer, director, screenwriter, comic book writer, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , Dollhouse , and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , as well as producing, directing, and/or writing several especially successful films.

Whedon co-wrote the Pixar animated film Toy Story , wrote and directed the Firefly film continuation Serenity , co-wrote and directed the Internet miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog , and co-wrote and produced the horror comedy film The Cabin in the Woods . He wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films The Avengers and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron , and also co-wrote the script for the DC Extended Universe superhero film Justice League , for which he also served as director on reshoots replacing Zack Snyder. Wikipedia

✵ 23. June 1964

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Joss Whedon Quotes

“In the time of gods and monsters, what is the worth of a man?”

“Okay, uh, I'm lost. I'm angry. And I'm armed.”

Source: Firefly: Still Flying: A Celebration of Joss Whedon's Acclaimed TV Series

“So, no more running. I aim to misbehave.”

Variant: I aim to misbehave.

“My soul is wrapped in harsh repose,
Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes,
But soft… behold!
A sunlight beam
Butting a swath of glimmering gleam.
My heart expands,
'tis grown a bulge in it,
Inspired by your beauty…
Effulgent.”

“You are talking crazy-person talk. Put your words in word places please.”

Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Time of Your Life

“I mean, I knew I wasn't a nice person, but what did I do in my past life to deserve this? I must have hit a bus full of nuns while driving a stolen car on my way to selling drugs to schoolchildren!”

“What's plan b?'
'We all die now.'
'What's plan c?”

Source: Astonishing X-Men, Volume 4: Unstoppable

“Whatever makes you weird, is probably your greatest asset.”

“When Roseanne read the first script of mine that got into her hands without being edited by someone else she said, 'How can you write a middle-aged woman this well?' I said, 'If you met my mom you wouldn't ask'.”

“Misogyny… is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who is confronted with it.”

“Love is for children. I owe him a debt.”

“To read makes our speaking English good.”

“Do you love me?
What?
Do you?
I love you. I don't know if I trust you.
Maybe you shouldn't do either.
Maybe I'm the one who should decide!”

“How do you know your Colossus is the genuine article in the first place?

I read his mind.

I matched his DNA.

I smelled him.

I also did that.”

Source: Astonishing X-Men, Volume 1: Gifted

“Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books.”

“Back in my day, which was about a week and a half ago, we took our lumps and we got back up and we cried like babies and quit and then put on weight.”

Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home, Part 3

“You think we're dancing?"

"That's all we've ever done.”

“Because to me, there is no logic of any kind behind misogyny. Therefore, it’s funny, because it’s so completely random to me. It’s senseless.”

“How did you find me here?
If I was blind, I would see you.
Stay with me.
Forever. That's the whole point. I'll never leave. Not even if you kill me.”

“I leave the world in terrible turmoil. I come back, same turmoil. Nothing at all different. Well, outfits are a little different…”

Source: Astonishing X-Men, Volume 1: Gifted

“If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do.”

Tim Minear, in Epiphany", episode 16 of season 2 of Angel; also mentioned in the DVD commentary for the Firefly episode, "Objects in Space".
Misattributed

“Life's a show and we all play a part
And when the music starts
We open up our hearts”

“The greatest expression of rebellion is joy.”

Acceptance speech for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog at the Creative Art Emmys

“SENTINEL: Is dead Buffy actually a robot?”

“The actors can make up their dialogue. I'm bushed, and they're all funny, and the hell with it. Maybe I'll give them a premise to work off of, like "You're all in trouble" or "Wash has a thing."”

They could maybe light it too. <br class="br"> "This explains Joss perfectly." at Whedonesque.com (15 February 2006) http://whedonesque.com/comments/9548

“You can either watch TV or you can make TV.”

Underground Online, interview by Michael Patrick Sullivan

“I know there's been some debate about the DVD art. Just remember it's what's INside that counts, as I used to remind girls in high school constantly. CONSTANTLY — until I realized that I was empty inside. Empty and homely. Man, that's a rough combo.”

"Joss to never learn how to work site! Man is complete Melvin! Mock him!" at Whedonesque.com (9 November 2005)

“I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around. … Aliens are something everyone else is doing.”

As quoted in "Whedon creates space cowboys in 'Firefly'" in Post-Gazette (22 July 2002) http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20020722owen0722fnp3.asp

“The network called up and said 'We piggybacked you on the deal for another show,' I'm like 'Okay, so what you're saying to my writers is that they weren't picked up when they thought they were and now that they are it was because of something that has nothing to do with them. Okay. Great. Stop calling.”

Underground Online, interview by Michael Patrick Sullivan
This is in reference to the WB network announcing that Angel had been confirmed for a full fifth season of 22 episodes, when Mutant Enemy Productions had already assumed that to be so.

“Let freedom ring, unless it's on vibrate.”

[21 October 2004, http://whedonesque.com/comments/5133, "More X-Men 3 rumors", Whedonesque.com, 2006-12-05]

“Joss: Um, no. Dead Buffy's a Buffy. But a dead one.”

As quoted in The Orlando Sentinel (24 May 2001)

“I'm working on Buffy: Deep Space Nine. It will be dark and badly received.”

Entertainment Weekly Angel TV Preview, published in issue #727-728 (12 September 2003)

“Stay crunchy, even in milk.”

"Joss to never learn how to work site! Man is complete Melvin! Mock him!" at Whedonesque.com (9 November 2005) http://whedonesque.com/comments/8735

“People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.”

"Mom, He's Doing It Again..", at Whedonesque.com (10 November 2007) http://whedonesque.com/comments/14699#more

“I have had a dream my whole life… and it was not this good.”

On being attached to direct The Avengers at the San Diego Comic-Con 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkINcovFxaY

“My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer… and there are flying cars.”

TV Guide (27 December – 2 January 2004), and Foreword to Fray

“Hello, I'm the writer and director. Now take your clothes off and get on top of Morena.”

Reportedly said on the set of Serenity to Phillip Sternborg on his first day of filming, as quoted in the DVD commentary of Firefly boxset (2003).

“There is nothing more painful in the world than Aly when she makes her big eyes. She makes her big hurt eyes, there's nothing you can do. She just kills you.”

DVD commentary for Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 2-14 "Innocence"

“If I ever did a rom-com, it'd be about an orgy. I cannot do anything except ensemble-pieces. It's awful!”

Interview with Joss Whedon and Elizabeth Olsen about Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2duXsX6qtA

“Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones.”

Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season Reviewed by Joss Whedon http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/dvd/0,6115,1114734_21|111120||0_0_,00.html

“Get out of my BRAIN!”

From "The Green Clan" on Serenity (film)

“The English Language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever.”

[31 December 2004, http://whedonesque.com/comments/5677, "David Greenwalt's 'Profit' coming to DVD in 2005", Whedonesque.com, 2008-08-29]

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