You can imagine what it was like for me to actually be sitting in a room with matching typewriters, working under the… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I was never a critic. I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se. I make… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Initially, it connected with me when I was a kid, seeing a lot of movies while growing up in Los Angeles. And… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies. I did it as something that… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I very much had wanted to do a picture with more humor than what I had been allowed to do earlier, which is what… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I had a checkered early career, for sure, with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
My very first professional writing credit was on a movie called The Dunwich Horror, and Roger Corman was the executive producer. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
There was a long period of time when Sam Fuller had a lot of projects fall through and had a lot of difficulties getting… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
What I try to do is give each actor an environment in which they can do their best work. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I can't speak to how Michael [Douglas] approached it in terms of his process. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I had the great fortune to actually become friends with Sam [Fuller] and ultimately collaborate with him on White Dog, which we wrote together. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
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