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> [I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/i-guarantee-you-that-two-directors-that-are-any-good-can-take-the/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

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## More by Howard Hawks

> [John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/john-wayne-represents-more-force-more-power-than-anyone-else-on-the/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/the-western-is-the-simplest-form-of-drama-a-gun-death/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [Too many actors try to get too much out of scenes that they ought to be leaving alone, just doing them quickly and getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/too-many-actors-try-to-get-too-much-out-of-scenes-that-they-ought-to/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/when-you-ve-got-some-talent-your-job-is-to-use-it/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/a-good-movie-is-three-good-scenes-and-no-bad-scenes/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/i-guarantee-you-that-two-directors-that-are-any-good-can-take-the/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [I have a theory that the only way you can be any good is if the camera likes you. If the camera doesn't like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/i-have-a-theory-that-the-only-way-you-can-be-any-good-is-if-the/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [I think girls who insult people are very attractive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/i-think-girls-who-insult-people-are-very-attractive/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/i-made-rio-bravo-with-john-wayne-it-worked-out-pretty-well-and-we/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [Fortune favors the prepared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/fortune-favors-the-prepared/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/john-wayne-represents-more-force-more-power-than-anybody-else-on-the/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/if-you-want-to-make-pictures-and-enjoy-making-them-you-better-go-out/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [I find that when you open on a group of people sitting down and talking, the scene sits down with them. The best antidote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/i-find-that-when-you-open-on-a-group-of-people-sitting-down-and/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/you-can-t-fix-a-bad-script-after-you-start-shooting-the-problems-on/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

> [I'm such a coward that unless I get a good writer, I don't want to make a picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hawks/i-m-such-a-coward-that-unless-i-get-a-good-writer-i-don-t-want-to/)

[Howard Hawks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hawks/)

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