A Quote by Joss Whedon

Limitations are something that I latch onto - like working in genre, or if you're writing TV, there are act breaks, there's a length of time it's supposed to be. The restrictions of budget and sets can be really useful. When you can have everything, it's very hard to make things feel real and lived in.

Joss Whedon

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Joss Whedon
American - Writer
Born: June 23, 1964

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