I'm still a great movie fan, and I guess that's the answer to your question. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I approach the movies I make as a movie-lover as much as a movie-maker. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Consequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
So it's discouraging and, yet, when you make a movie like Wonder Boys, in a sense it's its own reward, because it… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Even though L.A Confidential box-office was a fraction of, say, Titanic or the Grinch movie, it finds its audience and will continue… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are "Fuller-esque," as one might say, which… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Now, grosses are listed in the newspapers and on television like it's a sporting event. It's ridiculous, because when you're watching a… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies. I did it as something that… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
There are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. I had a checkered… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
In terms of talking with my collaborators as they came onboard - Jeannine Oppewall, our production designer, Dante Spinotti, our cinematographer, and… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I very much had wanted to do a picture with more humor than what I had been allowed to do earlier, which is what… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
I had a checkered early career, for sure, with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
My very first professional writing credit was on a movie called The Dunwich Horror, and Roger Corman was the executive producer. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
There was a long period of time when Sam Fuller had a lot of projects fall through and had a lot of difficulties getting… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
What I try to do is give each actor an environment in which they can do their best work. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
I can't speak to how Michael [Douglas] approached it in terms of his process. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
I had the great fortune to actually become friends with Sam [Fuller] and ultimately collaborate with him on White Dog, which we wrote together. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
A day doesn't go by when I don't get a compliment on L.A. Confidential, for example. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
Roger [Corman] didn't actually hire me, though. I was hired by AIP [American International Pictures], the studio that made the picture, which was Sam… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share
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