Film Quotes by Curtis Hanson

That love of movies is very much alive in me.

— Curtis Hanson

I approach the movies I make as a movie-lover as much as a movie-maker.

— Curtis Hanson

I'm still a great movie fan, and I guess that's the answer to your question.

— Curtis Hanson

Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it.

— Curtis Hanson

Consequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work.

— Curtis Hanson

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

— Curtis Hanson

We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day.

— Curtis Hanson

First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are "Fuller-esque," as one might say, which…

— Curtis Hanson

Now, grosses are listed in the newspapers and on television like it's a sporting event. It's ridiculous, because when you're watching a…

— Curtis Hanson

In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they…

— Curtis Hanson

As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that…

— Curtis Hanson

I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need…

— Curtis Hanson

Even though L.A Confidential box-office was a fraction of, say, Titanic or the Grinch movie, it finds its audience and will continue…

— Curtis Hanson

So it's discouraging and, yet, when you make a movie like Wonder Boys, in a sense it's its own reward, because it…

— Curtis Hanson

There are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. I had a checkered…

— Curtis Hanson

I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared…

— Curtis Hanson

I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies. I did it as something that…

— Curtis Hanson

In terms of talking with my collaborators as they came onboard - Jeannine Oppewall, our production designer, Dante Spinotti, our cinematographer, and…

— Curtis Hanson

The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources…

— Curtis Hanson

Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because…

— Curtis Hanson