I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs. — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verité is film in its purest form. You're taking random images and creating meaning out of random images, telling a story, getting meaning, capturing something that's real, that's really happening, and render this celluloid sculpture of this… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share
I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs. — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility that we… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Simon Monjack had nothing to do with 'Factory Girl.' He filed a frivolous lawsuit against us... making bogus claims that we had stolen his… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
The arc of the celebrity phenomenon ultimately is: everything turns to dust and everything does go away. — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema,… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Obviously you have a responsibility - one would like to think there is such a thing as ethics in filmmaking. — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Most people, 95% of people, are good people. It's the 5% who get seduced by power. — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film. — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by failure, and I'm fascinated by finality. Shakespeare's historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to the finality… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
