If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash. — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
I really wanted our male characters to be a lot stronger. We gave them careers, lives. — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
As a director, you try to do things that are going to touch the human experience somehow, and emotions that mean something to people.… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
“Valerie saw Cesaire's eyes resting upon Suzette's reclining form. Valerie wondered whether he really saw her there anymore. After eighteen years of marriage, Cesaire… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
We read about secret lives that people have on the Internet, or alternate lives of a serial killer where the whole family didn't know… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
Even after I had just done Twilight, which made $400 million at the worldwide box office, I could not get financing for three or… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
I thought, "If I can make you feel what it's like for that first super-passionate love, other people might like that too," and, of… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
I used to be an architect, so I have a series I am working on with USA Network that I created and am co-writing. — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
The truth is, most of those female stories that are contending for Oscars are directed by men. Let's be honest. I looked at the… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
When you're in the editing process, you try different things and you get creative ideas. — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
I think it's true that the more sanitized a person is, you can't really relate to that person. — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
