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born 1964 United States
Joseph "Joss" Hill Whedon (born 23 June 1964) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, film and television producer, comic book author, composer and actor whose works have emphasized themes of feminism, anti-authoritarianism, existentialism and absurdism.
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People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.
The greatest expression of rebellion is joy.
I think that people need two kinds of fulfillment — one in which you give and one in which you hold back.
I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.
As I always say, keep your friends rich, and your enemies rich, and then find out which is which.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn’t suck.
All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet — it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.
Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones.
Let freedom ring, unless it's on vibrate.
My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer... and there are flying cars.
Q: So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Hello, I'm the writer and director. Now take your clothes off and get on top of Morena.
We’re talking about a malevolent force, We’re talking about a bad actor in both senses.
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.
The English language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever.
People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.
I don't actually have anything against anybody, unless their belief precludes everybody else's. … I am an atheist and an absurdist and I have been for many years. I've actually taken a huge amount of flack for that.
You can either watch TV or you can make TV.
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)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.
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