Films about the English monarchy, they tend to have a lavishness, sumptuous imagery, it's all very posh and rich. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Some films clearly seem to divide people. And I do think there's something incredibly exciting about the commonality of us as human… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The relationship that Tony Blair has with Cherie Blair doesn't have an immediate binding effect on the body politic with Britain. But in the… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother,… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I have a ton of scripts sent to me. At the moment, Im frankly struggling to catch up. Im reading through all of the… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
