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Daily Inspiration Quote by Larry Wachowski

"We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient"

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There’s a deadpan honesty here that punctures the auteur myth in one clean needle. Larry Wachowski, speaking as one half of a famously symbiotic duo, frames collaboration not as lofty communion but as practical logistics: two people, one workload, fewer sleepless nights. The joke lands because it’s both disarming and true. “Very very lazy” is self-sabotaging on purpose, a self-effacing shield against the cultural expectation that visionary directors must be obsessive martyrs. By claiming laziness, Wachowski quietly rejects the glamor of suffering as proof of seriousness.

The subtext is also about how creative power actually functions. “Half the work” isn’t just splitting chores; it’s dividing cognitive load, emotional strain, and the endless micro-decisions that directorial legend tends to erase. In the Wachowskis’ case, co-direction becomes a kind of operating system: one can zoom out to guard the architecture while the other calibrates performance, tone, or technical execution. Calling that “convenient” makes artistry sound like carpentry, which is exactly the point. Film is industrial. Even the most original movies are built by committees, schedules, and problem-solving.

Context matters: the Wachowskis emerged during an era when “singular vision” was still a prized marketing story, even as blockbusters became too complex for any lone genius to truly command. This line flips that story into a wry admission: the future of authorship might look less like genius and more like a well-run partnership.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Wachowski, Larry. (2026, January 17). We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-both-very-very-lazy-and-having-someone-else-54720/

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Wachowski, Larry. "We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-both-very-very-lazy-and-having-someone-else-54720/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-both-very-very-lazy-and-having-someone-else-54720/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.

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Larry Wachowski (born June 21, 1965) is a Director from USA.

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