We felt a responsibility to the McDonald brothers and to Ray Kroc to be as factual as possible. We didn't have a responsibility to make anyone look good or anybody look bad, just to try our best to be honest. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
When you are older, you want to be around people you admire, even in their personal lives. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share
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
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
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
If America had a motto, it would be pull yourself up by the bootstraps, work harder than the next guy, have a goal and… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share
Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that but just… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share
Every generation comes upon the movie again, and then, invariably, the books have a spike in sales because people want to read more about… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share
