Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Cornish

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English comedian Joe Cornish.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Joe Cornish

Joseph Murray Cornish is an English comedian and filmmaker. With his long-time comedy partner, Adam Buxton, he forms the comedy duo Adam and Joe. In 2011, Cornish released his directorial debut Attack the Block. He also co-wrote The Adventures of Tintin with Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright, and Ant-Man, with Wright, Adam McKay and Paul Rudd.

I did magic at children's parties when I was a kid.
I'm a huge Spike Lee fan. I saw 'Do The Right Thing' twice in the same night when it first came out and had long conversations with all my friends about the issues in it.
I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films. — © Joe Cornish
I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films.
And I used to buy 'Fangoria,' the horror magazine, which made my mum wonder if I was going to be a serial killer.
I went to Bournemouth Film School for 3 years.
I worry whether it's not really the best way to live one's life - trying to fulfill the dreams you had as a child. Maybe it's quite a backwards approach.
I believe movies are better, the less you know going in.
One of my favourite films is called 'Lacombe Lucien,' directed by Louis Malle. The lead character in that film, like the lead characters in many '70s and '80s films, has a moral ambiguity to him.
I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake.
So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise you'll be culturally bankrupt and can't converse with your friends.
I'm not an angry man.
I'm not a runner. I don't run.
In truth I don't like Cornish pasties.
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