"Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him"
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Naming Tim Story specifically matters. He’s not just “the director” but a known quantity: a reliable studio hand with mainstream hits and a reputation for delivering on schedule. Calling him “fantastic” isn’t a critique of his craft so much as a signal of safety and alignment. It reassures financiers, fans, and gatekeepers that this production is in competent hands, that the talent is “easy,” that the set will be smooth. In an industry where “difficult” is the silent career killer, excitement becomes a form of reputation management.
The subtext is networking, plain and powerful. Menounos isn’t only complimenting Story; she’s publicly affiliating with him. That affiliation communicates ambition without saying it: I’m in this orbit, I belong on this call sheet, I’m part of a professional ecosystem that rewards positivity and punishes candor.
It also reflects how modern celebrity speaks: emotional language used as infrastructure. “So excited” is less a feeling than a social technology, a way to manufacture momentum before the cameras even roll.
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Menounos, Maria. (2026, January 16). Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/tim-story-is-a-fantastic-director-and-im-so-134140/
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Menounos, Maria. "Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/tim-story-is-a-fantastic-director-and-im-so-134140/.
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"Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/tim-story-is-a-fantastic-director-and-im-so-134140/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.


