Many years ago, I was a producer on a movie called 'My Dog Skip.' Willie Morris, the great southern writer, had written the book. We had adapted it and taken 17 years of his life and compressed it into one… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
We did not go to that many movies in a theater in the little town I grew up in. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
We have the word 'Mc' attached to so many things now, like 'McMansions.' It's become part of our vernacular as something on steroids almost,… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I've got twins and a lovely wife and a great life and I don't want to miss that. So if I'm going to miss… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I've never read a script in which you are actively pulling for the protagonist in the beginning, but little by little, you lose that. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I grew up in a refinery town in Texas, and we weren't fancy enough to have a McDonald's. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved, because the movie is almost… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Any time you have people of different races in a movie that's about America, there's going to be a racial component. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I usually have to find something where I go, "I have to do this." Sometimes you don't even know what the question you're trying… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
When you are older, you want to be around people you admire, even in their personal lives. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is going to… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
