3 December 2020 Josh Radnor When I go to movies and I love the movie, it’s because it feels like it articulated something about how we’re living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it’s the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor I learned a lesson which I didn’t heed: Don’t put yourself in your movies. It’s too much.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what’s the purpose of reading, and maybe that it’s not that cool to hate something just because it’s popular.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you’re at and you’ll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn’t go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop drinking.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor I haven’t left the house without a packet of Kleenex in my back pocket for as long as I can remember. Whenever I start thinking I’m incredibly cool, the packet of Kleenex in my back pocket brings me right back down to earth.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor A lot of times, we’re just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it’s not so good.
3 December 2020 Josh Radnor To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.
