American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The relationship that Tony Blair has with Cherie Blair doesn't have an immediate binding effect on the body politic with Britain. But in the… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother,… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I have a ton of scripts sent to me. At the moment, Im frankly struggling to catch up. Im reading through all of the… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
