All statements about The Fault in Our Stars (film)

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2012

2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says he will be involved in the TFIOS movie in any way he can be helpful, but he is not a movie person. — 00:00:10
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — announcement: John says Fox 2000 optioned the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars; hopefully they will make it, but it is too soon to get excited. (hedged) — 00:00:16
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John: Asked who should play Hazel and Augustus, John says he knows nothing of contemporary actors (Drew Barrymore is still 17 in his mind) and asks who viewers would want. (playful) — 00:01:28
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — announcement: John notes that the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars were optioned by Fox 2000, and that the script is being written by the writers of (500) Days of Summer. — video description
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John goes to get his movie deal notarized, calling it the day of the best errands ever; the description says it is the movie option for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:23
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked whether he will cast nerdfighters in a Fault in Our Stars movie, John says if Fox makes it he will have exactly as much say in casting as viewers, and should not be trusted with it. — 00:02:27
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John says if the movie is made casting will go as always: everyone is upset at the announcement, then sees the film and finds the actor perfect, as with Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. (playful) — 00:02:47

2013

2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John: Asked about the TFIOS movie, John says he loves the script but doesn't think he is allowed to say anything else. — 00:02:19
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: Having had his heart broken by Hollywood before, John is starting to think the Fault in Our Stars movie is actually going to happen. (hedged) — 00:01:18
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John warns viewers not to believe what they read online about the film, since Los Angeles journalists seem to make things up; real news will come from him. — 00:01:26
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John says a film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars seems increasingly likely, though still not certain. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John admits the film makes Nerdfighteria and him nervous, but calls director Josh Boone brilliant and deeply understanding of the book; Boone's first film Stuck in Love opens in June. — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John announces Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel, citing her Golden Globe nomination and Sundance award, and says she is a real fan who wrote him before the film. — 00:01:56
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says, in what he calls his most positive statement ever about Hollywood, that people should be cautiously optimistic about the film. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John confirms the TFIOS film casting: Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters and Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster. — 00:00:37
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John: To fans angry about the casting, John says he too wants a good movie; having seen the auditions, he says viewers will just see Hazel and Gus, not the actors. — 00:00:44
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John says he has a surprising amount of say in casting: he is not casting the movie, but the producers and director include him in everything. — 00:01:04
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — announcement: John reads a viewer question that assumes TFIOS filming in Pittsburgh has started, corrects it (filming does not start until August 26th), and the question asks whether he will be coming to Amsterdam. — 00:01:00
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says people seem to think the movie is being made by him, but he is just the author of a book. — 00:01:07
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John thinks the TFIOS film is going to be a very good movie. (hedged) — 00:01:13
2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John says Shailene Woodley, who will play Hazel in the Fault in Our Stars movie, is a rare soul who stays weird, empathetic and wonderful despite success. — 00:02:49
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John is on the set of The Fault in Our Stars movie, in a trailer with producer Isaac, filming at a deliberately weird angle so as not to give away locations, and cannot show the set (no spoilers). — 00:00:06
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John also hung out with Hazel's mom and dad - in the movie, not real, though it feels real. (playful) — 00:01:06
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John says this is an exciting but also scary time for people who care about the book, including him and the more than a hundred people working on the movie. — 00:01:59
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John says the movie is happening because of the script, producers, director and cast, but also because many people read, loved and shared the book: without that, there would be no movie. — 00:02:12
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John says everyone on the set feels a tremendous responsibility to the story and its readers. — 00:02:30
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John thinks that sense of responsibility is why it is going to be a good movie. (hedged) — 00:02:39
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says he is back in Pittsburgh on the set of the TFIOS movie, hundreds of miles from the arcade game. — 00:00:33
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says he thought a shot seen from several angles used several cameras, but it turns out to be one very expensive camera filming each angle in turn. — 00:00:36
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John wondered why the cars on set had Indiana license plates, then remembered it is because of the movie. — 00:01:18
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says he always thought making movies was super glamorous, but it is mostly just a construction site. — 00:01:24
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says one of his favorite things about the movie so far is that real teen cancer survivors were cast for the support group; he thanks them for taking part and sharing their experiences. — 00:02:20
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — John does a Question Tuesday in the woods with Nat Wolff, who plays Isaac in the movie, asking him questions viewers submitted on Twitter. — 00:00:10
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Asked if Shailene Woodley is a good kisser, Nat says he wouldn't know: Isaac doesn't get to kiss Hazel. (playful) — 00:00:28
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Nat says he has filmed the trophy scene and thinks it went well. (hedged) — 00:00:37
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Nat says the movie is very true to the book: people love it and it is already so realistic that barely anything had to change. (hedged) — 00:00:55
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Nat, on his second movie with director Josh Boone, calls Boone one of his best friends and hopes to work with him for the rest of his career. (hedged) — 00:02:14
2013-09-24 · Started from the Bottom: Benjamin Franklin and Drake Compared — announcement: In the description John says videos from the TFIOS movie set will return next Tuesday (1 October 2013), and that he had wanted to make this video for months. — video description
2013-09-24 · Started from the Bottom: Benjamin Franklin and Drake Compared — John thanks Harley, a PA on the set of The Fault in Our Stars, whose internet access let him upload this video. — video description
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — John says he has been on the set of The Fault in Our Stars film for the last couple of weeks, where very little news gets in. — 00:00:05
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — John says that earlier in the week he asked Ansel Elgort, who plays Augustus Waters, real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:19
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Ansel Elgort: Asked for his favorite scene so far, Ansel names a car scene with Gus filmed Friday night (John stops spoilers) and calls it his favorite scene as an actor. (hedged) — 00:01:06
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Ansel Elgort: Ansel says that while shooting Divergent in Chicago, Shailene gave him a package not to open; days later Josh Boone told him to open it: a rotten Dutch cheese and tomato sandwich meant he got the part. — 00:01:25
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — John says he also interviewed Mike Birbiglia, one of his favorite comedians and people, who plays Patrick in the film. — 00:02:15
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: The description says the TFiOS movie is finishing filming and will be in US theaters on June 6th. — video description
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: Hank says shooting of The Fault in Our Stars movie is wrapping up and he is glad to have John back. — 00:00:05
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John thinks they should keep making videos explaining health care costs, sovereign debt and the war in Syria, and videos about things they care about, like the TFiOS movie. (hedged) — 00:02:24
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank thanks the event's organisers and tells John he is sorry John couldn't come, though filming a movie in Amsterdam is a pretty good excuse. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:28
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John never thought The Fault in Our Stars would become a movie: Hollywood rarely makes love stories about disabled teenagers, with a lead wearing a nasal cannula in every scene; he is delighted. — 00:00:00
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John confirms he cried a lot on the movie set, because, without spoilers, there are some sad parts. — 00:00:00
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John says he will be in the movie unless his scene is cut, in a 'really important role' he is not yet allowed to reveal. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John: The film comes out on June 6 in the US; John does not yet know the international dates. — 00:00:29
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — ask: John asks viewers to put the release date in their calendars, because a film's success is now judged largely by how many people see it in the first 24 hours. — 00:00:29
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John: Shooting finished five days ago; the film now has to be edited, which is when it really becomes a movie and takes a long time; it is held for June as summer fare. — 00:00:58
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John stresses he is not a producer and the film is not his movie: he is not its director, producer, casting director, music supervisor or actor. — 00:01:27
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: The movie is not the same as the book and should not be: a film tells a visual story, a book a textual one. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: Even so, John thinks the script was a very faithful adaptation, one of the most faithful he has read. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — recommendation: John, admitting he is biased, says viewers should definitely read the book before seeing the movie. (playful) — 00:01:56
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: Indianapolis landmarks were recreated in Pittsburgh by set designers; Funky Bones was rebuilt with help from the artist and Sarah, who flew out to check it, and up close John could not tell it from the real one. — 00:02:26
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: The great thrill of the film experience was seeing humanity do what John thinks it does best: not competing but cooperating, though we do compete a lot. (hedged) — 00:03:24
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — announcement: Hank's description says the P4A Indiegogo campaign is live and some of the perks are already sold out. — video description
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — announcement: Hank says the Indiegogo campaign raises the actual money, with perks including a Men of YouTube and a Women of YouTube charity calendar, Nerdfighter-made art, and a George Watsky haiku with his signed CD. — 00:00:29
2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — ask: John points viewers to the P4A fundraising page, whose perks include the Men of YouTube and Women of YouTube calendars and a 20-page snippet of the story he has been working on for months. — 00:00:10
2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — announcement: John says anonymous donors match every dollar donated for the first $125,000, so each dollar is worth two. — 00:00:49
2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — announcement: Hank says the P4A Indiegogo page stays open about 36 more hours, with perks: his Christmas album, a sneak peek of John's new writing, shirts, posters, coins, the YouTube charity calendars and headshots. — 00:02:57
2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — announcement: Hank says a Fault in Our Stars movie poster is available only through the P4A perks, for 25 dollars, all as a charity donation. — 00:03:15
2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — Hank thanks everyone who commented, watched the livestream, made a video or donated, plus the calendar participants and the volunteer support staff who stayed up with them. — 00:03:24

2014

2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — announcement: John says The Fault in Our Stars movie is being made in Los Angeles and shows its poster. — 00:00:16
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — John loves the poster because he cannot remember another movie poster showing a female romantic lead with visible evidence of physical disability who is still portrayed as able to love and be loved. — 00:00:20
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — John hopes the movie is good; he hasn't seen it yet but says it should be good. (hedged) — 00:00:30
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John went to Los Angeles a couple of days ago to watch a movie he doesn't think he is allowed to name; he hints that it comes out on June 6th. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says the movie is funny but at other times very, very sad; he really loved it, which is exciting and a huge relief. — 00:00:06
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — ask: John: In a mock-unsubtle plug, John says everyone should read his book The Fault in Our Stars before the movie adaptation comes out on June 6th. (playful) — 00:00:18
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says the 20 winning charities' money will fight disease, poverty, illiteracy and injustice, and thanks everyone who donated and who voted so they could be good stewards of the money. — 00:02:35
2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — announcement: John: Asked by Hank about the TFIOS trailer, John says it will come out soon, in the next few weeks. — 00:02:56
2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — John says he has seen the trailer and thought it truly excellent; he hopes others like it and is very nervous for everyone to see it. — 00:03:03
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John is kind of upset that the TFIOS film trailer leaked, mostly because it is a beautiful high-definition trailer, not a low-res phone video of a screener. — 00:00:22
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — announcement: John says the trailer debuts officially tomorrow, so viewers only have to wait about twenty-four hours. — 00:00:31
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — announcement: John: To hold viewers over, John gives the world premiere of a ten-second TFIOS film teaser, with Hazel's line about being thankful for 'our little infinity'. — 00:00:37
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John: Asked which US presidents should play TFIOS film characters, John casts the whole film, e.g. Obama as Gus, Jefferson as Hazel, Andrew Johnson as Van Houten, Carter as Patrick. (joke) — 00:02:24
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank congratulates John on the release of the TFIOS film trailer, calling it fantastic. — 00:00:00
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank calls the TFIOS trailer amazing and says he has watched it something like 50 times. (playful) — 00:02:21
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank thanks John for helping bring something so cool into the world; he is extremely excited for John and himself, though the film is still five months away. — 00:03:28
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank says this must be a freaky, anxious time for John, but the film is going to be fantastic. — 00:03:38
2014-03-11 · Question Tuesday: TFIOS Movie, Existential Crises, and Symbolism — John: Asked if he really thinks the TFIOS film is good, John says he'd find nice things to say even if he didn't like it, but in fact he loves it, though he might be wrong and isn't objective. (hedged) — 00:00:16
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. — 00:00:01
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John says the TFIOS film comes out June 6, the promotional travel starts now, and he, Nat, Ansel and Shailene will visit several US places, doing he doesn't know what yet. (hedged) — 00:01:46
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John says Fox lets people choose the tour stops by Tumblr notes on state posts; liking and reblogging counts as two votes for a state. — 00:02:03
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — John says the votes so far do not follow state population: some well-organized small states lead, which pleases him because he would like to visit North Carolina. — 00:02:11
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John says he loves Nerdfighteria and talking about what he cares about but does not want to be a real celebrity, which is why they always turned down TV; he went because he is proud of the TFIOS film. — 00:01:59
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John tells Nerdfighteria the film's attention will be weird and hopefully awesome, but they should focus on continuing to do what they are good at. (hedged) — 00:02:44
2014-04-29 · Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club — announcement: John apologizes for not giving a due date and sets June 10, since the TFIOS film comes out June 6 and things will be crazy until then. — 00:01:28
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John says The Hollywood Reporter's article on the TFIOS film included a photo of him; a longtime nerdfighter posted herself 'johning', then Charlie McDonnell, Josh Sundquist, Hank and many others followed. — 00:00:07
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John is doing TFIOS press-junket work with the cast; their very nice hotel room is full of headless and faceless figures. (playful) — 00:01:36
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John says the TFIOS film is starting to happen: they just held the first screening for fans of the book, and the fans liked the movie. — 00:01:58
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John says he wants the movie to do well, but ultimately what he wants is for people who care a lot about the book to like it. (hedged) — 00:02:08
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John: Sitting at the back for the last fifteen minutes of the screening, John heard a lot of sobbing, which he found very encouraging. (playful) — 00:02:16
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — announcement: John: Starting today John tours with Shailene, Ansel and Nat; it is Fox's free tour, he has no idea what will happen, and doors open at 5 with the show around 6:30. — 00:02:23
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — announcement: John lists the tour stops: Miami's Dolphin Mall today, Cleveland's Tower City Center Wednesday, Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium Thursday, and Dallas's South Side Ballroom at Gilley's on Friday, May 9. — 00:02:36
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — announcement: John says there will be no signings because a lot of people are expected, but there will be Q&A and general merriment. — 00:02:58
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John tells Hank he has just finished Fox's tour for the TFIOS film with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff. — 00:00:07
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: The tour began in Miami, where everyone dramatically underestimated the turnout, causing big A/V and crowd-control problems; John apologises. — 00:00:13
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: After lessons learned, Cleveland was much better prepared, and several thousand people there wanted to say hello to Hank. — 00:00:22
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John was reunited with friends who played the support group in the film, all of whom have lived with cancer, and toured with YouTuber Evelina Barry as co-host. — 00:00:29
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: After early hair and makeup ('a lot of work to wrangle the puff'), John found hours of press-junket interviews weird: a new TV interviewer every five minutes, for hours. (playful) — 00:00:48
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: In Nashville, at a red-carpet-like event, John signed for many people but large men kept pushing him along amid screaming, no more conducive to meaningful conversation than the junkets. — 00:01:35
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: After more press, Dallas brought another red carpet, screaming, bodyguards and interviews, and many thousands of people who wanted to wish Hank a good morning. — 00:02:13
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: Grateful to see so many nerdfighters and talk about the film with the actors, John nonetheless felt disconnected: with outsiders watching, he felt self-conscious as a nerdfighter and found it hard to be a community together. — 00:02:25
2014-05-20 · Deserving — John: People congratulate John after seeing the TFiOS film, but he says all he did was get lucky: in the book's publication, its cover, the buyers of the film rights, and the cast, crew and director. — 00:00:27
2014-05-20 · Deserving — John: The TFiOS film is not happening because John is a good person, he says; that is not the way the world works. — 00:01:13
2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — announcement: John: The film of John's book comes out in ten days, yet he spends most free time worrying about FIFA 14 players made of ones and zeros, as, he notes, is the movie. (playful) — 00:01:41
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank shows the outfit he plans to wear to John's New York movie premiere, joking that Montanans dress 'with a dead cow on them', plus a TFiOS-colors tie. (playful) — 00:00:00
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — announcement: Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. (hedged) — 00:02:58
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — ask: Hank urges viewers to attend The Night Before Our Stars if they can and apologises to those who can't. — 00:03:32
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — announcement: Hank congratulates John and says he is getting on a plane tomorrow to come to John's premiere. — 00:03:39
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John: On the 'TFIOS blue carpet' (instead of a red one), John signs posters for people who lined up and greets many more holding Okay cloud posters. — 00:00:34
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — announcement: John says the TFiOS movie comes out this Friday (6 June 2014), or Thursday for those attending The Night Before Our Stars in some cities, with tickets at thefaultinourstarsmovie.com. — 00:01:03
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John: The day after, John says the premiere was amazing, laughing and crying with 1,200 people, and he was glad Hank sat two seats away. — 00:02:15
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John discloses he is not paid for the movie: he was paid for the rights long ago, gets no share of ticket sales, and would say so if he disliked it. — 00:02:28
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John says he loves the movie and finds it amazingly faithful to the book, powerful, funny and moving; its makers cared about the story and each other. (hedged) — 00:02:41
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John says the cast and crew were together one last time the night before, sad but exciting because everyone will soon see the movie. — 00:02:53
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — ask: John thanks Nerdfighteria for being part of the process and tells viewers to read the book first. — 00:03:02
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank flew in a tiny plane to New York City and lists weird and fancy things he found there. — 00:00:00
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank points out TFiOS clouds in Central Park, jokingly calling them a permanent city installation, and a Times Square advertisement for the film of his brother's book. (playful) — 00:00:37
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank says he came to New York for the TFiOS premiere, his first viewing of the film, and walked the red carpet with his wife; photographers published none of their pictures, but his mom took some. — 00:01:01
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank says Vlogbrothers has done the opposite from the start: his real office, no makeup, T-shirts from a local printer with the process shown, set videos, and how both brothers feel. — 00:02:39
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank is not worried that the movie is bad or that people won't like it: it is great, people will love it, and he cried several times because it added to him. — 00:03:14
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank says the film opened up the mysteries of life, love and hurt for examination and understanding, which he thinks the world needs more of. (hedged) — 00:03:26
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — ask: Hank tells John he is proud of him and urges everyone to see the movie on the day it comes out in their country. — 00:03:38
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says it is actually Saturday because he will be on vacation on Tuesday; the TFiOS film came out in America the day before (6 June 2014) and he is extremely tired. (playful) — 00:00:01
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says the TFiOS film looks set to be the number one movie in America this week (week of 9 June 2014), beating films that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. (hedged) — 00:00:10
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says reviews of the TFiOS film have been amazing and, per Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of viewers liked it. — 00:00:19
2014-06-17 · Old. — John says the injury made him realize he is old; he got a lot of new gray hair during two months of promoting the TFiOS film. — 00:01:54
2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup — John tells makeup artist Bridget he is super into getting his makeup done; he had it done throughout the movie tour, with touch-ups all day, and felt so good about himself. (hedged) — 00:00:17
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — In the description John thanks everyone in the nerdfighter community who supported the movie, and him, through the whole process. — video description
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — announcement: John: The TFiOS film comes out on DVD today, John says, with an extended cut. — video description
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — John says he had a cameo in the TFiOS film but it was cut, joking that his screen presence was too powerful. (playful) — 00:00:41
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says the TFIOS movie was awesome mostly because it felt like Hollywood making a $15 million present for Nerdfighteria, and thinks the Paper Towns movie will be the same or more so. (hedged) — 00:01:14
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John introduces Isaac Klausner, executive producer of Paper Towns and of The Fault in Our Stars, and director Jake Schreier. — 00:00:24
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John: Now in Los Angeles after some sleep on the flight, John spent the day with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench was installed on the Fox lot. — 00:02:33
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John: the Fox lot has a statue of Napoleon Dynamite and murals of The Simpsons and Star Wars, and joining that company is pretty wonderful. — 00:02:42
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — John mentions his copy of An Imperial Affliction that Hazel read in the TFIOS movie: a prop, not a real book, the same four pages he wrote over and over. (playful) — 00:00:12
2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health — announcement: Hank lists perks: a replica of the An Imperial Affliction prop (seven pages, written by John, as Shailene Woodley reads in the movie) and a P4A-only green special edition of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:02:09

2015

2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — announcement: John announces that Scott Neustadter and Mike Weber, who wrote The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, will write the Looking for Alaska script. — 00:01:09
2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — announcement: John says the producers of both The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns have joined the Looking for Alaska project too. — 00:01:15
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John woke at 4:10 a.m. on Sunday and drove with Sarah to the Indianapolis airport, then flew five hours to Los Angeles for the MTV Movie Awards. — 00:00:01
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John met up with Justice Smith, 'a.k.a. Radar', Alex Wolff and Nat Wolff at another hotel, and they drove to the awards. — 00:01:02
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: Shailene Woodley won best actress for her role in The Fault in Our Stars; her kindness about John in her speech made him cry, and Nat teased him for it. — 00:02:23
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: The Fault in Our Stars won Best Movie, and John made the acceptance speech, as everyone had urged, so that he could thank Esther. — 00:02:38
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John says the award is not the Oscars but was 'our Oscars'; it was great to be there with Nat, Justice, Cara and Shai, grateful for The Fault in Our Stars while excited about Paper Towns. — 00:02:44
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: At a restaurant later with the real, complicated people who made The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, John kept thinking that they care for each other, especially when the cameras are off. — 00:03:14
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John calls the Paper Towns script by Mike Weber and Scott Neustadter, who wrote the Fault in Our Stars screenplay, brilliant because it captures both story and ideas; for him it created the same feelings. — 00:02:23
2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John: Weber and Neustadter, screenwriters of the TFIOS and Paper Towns films, have written a Looking for Alaska script, and Becca Thomas, director of Electric Children, has been hired to direct, so the film will probably happen. (hedged) — 00:02:58
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank says The Fault in Our Stars film was the number one movie in America, beating a Tom Cruise movie. — 00:00:18
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank says Paper Towns has been, by most measures, less successful than The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:49

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2016

2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked to six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon himself, John says he acted in The Fault in Our Stars movie (scene cut, but in the extended version) with Laura Dern, who was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon. (playful) — 00:01:23
2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John admits this bums him out but reminds him how lucky he was with two great book-to-movie experiences; authors are almost never as welcomed into the process as he was with The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. — 00:02:19
2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John says The Fault in Our Stars kept selling, and in May 2012 he read an amazing screenplay adaptation and realized it might become a movie. — 00:01:14
2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John: By the time the movie started shooting in fall 2013, John was failing to write a book about teenage con artists; he spent almost a year on it before giving up. — 00:01:46
2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John remembers sobbing in a hotel room right after the movie came out, looking at hundreds of pages he realized would never be a book. — 00:01:55

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2017

2017-02-07 (said on 2017-02-02, implied) · Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday — John is very excited for VidCon Europe in April, partly because he hasn't been back to Amsterdam since the TFIOS movie came out and will visit his old haunts. — 00:01:48
2017-04-14 · ★★★★ Review: The TFiOS Bench - Amsterdam — recommendation: Hank passes on Maharlika's tip: recreate the famous movie poster by photographing the bench from the other side of the canal, as the film did. — 00:01:57
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says he almost didn't sell the film rights to The Fault in Our Stars, partly after bad experiences in Hollywood and partly because the book was very close to him. — 00:01:05
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says he sold the rights and got very lucky: Elizabeth and Erin at Fox 2000 were perfect stewards, with amazing producers, screenwriters and cast, and a movie he really loved. — 00:01:54
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John: Isaac, producer of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, pointed out that obsessive thoughts are also non-linguistic, which didn't stop John writing the book. — 00:02:43

2018

2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John's cameo was cut from the TFIOS movie because, he says, he is a terrible actor; the scene is available as a DVD extra and on YouTube. (playful) — 00:01:54
2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John: Fans were very mad when Nat Wolff was cast as Isaac, who is blond in the book, and John was concerned too, but Wolff turned out to be the perfect Isaac. — 00:01:06
2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says no one would fund it, so the Alaska movie was dead until 2014, when The Fault in Our Stars became a very successful movie. — 00:02:05
2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John says everyone on The Fault in Our Stars movie, studio included, cared so much about the book that the process made him really want an Alaska movie. — 00:02:16

2019

2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — John says he can't act: he is such a bad actor that his cameo in the film adaptation of his book was cut, though he kept the wardrobe and wears it now as 'Girl's Father'. (playful) — 00:00:27
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — In a comment John notes that his best days were not career events like the TFIOS movie release but time spent with people he has long been lucky to love. — creator comment

2020

2020-10-27 · The time I met Joe Biden — John was struck that Biden wanted to talk about Esther more than about the success of the book or the movie. — 00:01:27

2021

2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: The Amsterdam bench where a scene of The Fault in Our Stars film was shot now has hundreds of Google reviews; John's favorite, three stars, reads in full: it is a bench. — 00:09:40

2022

2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John met Laura Dern through the Fault in Our Stars movie and they became friends; he calls her a great mom, person and actor. — 00:00:58
2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John: Dwayne Johnson handed John an MTV Movie Award in about 2015; John doesn't remember their backstage chat, so distracted was he by The Rock's biceps. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:56
2022-05-24 · Hello! Meet Daisy! — Cree Cicchino: Cree has seen the other adaptations of John's books; for The Fault in Our Stars she went with friends who brought blankets, knowing they would cry. — 00:01:27
2022-05-31 · A Casting Announcement — John says he has never managed a cameo in an adaptation of his books: in The Fault in Our Stars movie he had two lines, but his acting was so bad the scene was cut. (playful) — 00:00:29

2024

2024-02-06 · The Truth of How Books Become Movies — John says The Fault in Our Stars movie sold a ton of books. — 00:03:24
2024-04-16 · I Already Got Paid — John says a share of the profit from The Fault in Our Stars movie would have made him a lot of money, as it was one of the most profitable movies of all time. — 00:00:29
2024-04-16 · I Already Got Paid — John is in the film with a line, joking that he has progressed significantly as an actor since being cut out of The Fault in Our Stars film. (playful) — 00:03:14
2024-04-30 · Not Doing That Great — John: Since The Fault in Our Stars movie came out ten years ago, John has learned again and again that he is just not very good at being properly famous. — 00:01:56
2024-05-03 · Everything Wrong with Turtles All the Way Down — Hank says that from The Fault in Our Stars film to this one it has been something to be part of both worlds in a weird way: he has not been part of it himself, but through John he has, and he is grateful. — 00:03:08

2025

2025-08-26 · Not to Criticize Hank… — John got birthday texts with personal reflections and good wishes from comedian Mike Birbiglia, who was in The Fault in Our Stars, and from YouTuber CGP Grey. — 00:01:27
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John says growth then sped up: the two millionth subscriber came in mid-2014 as The Fault in Our Stars movie took off, the three millionth in May 2017. — 00:01:56

2026

2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John's background includes a baseball signed by Harry Caray that he got for his 16th birthday, a Swindon Town 2011 FA Cup champions plate given to him, and his MTV Movie Award for The Fault in Our Stars. — 03:10:35
2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — John says, self-deprecatingly, that his cameo was cut from The Fault in Our Stars because he is such a bad actor. (playful) — 00:00:29