After my grandfather's plane took enemy fire, he was denied permission to land at the first available airstrip. In that classic British bureaucratic way, they said he had to go back to your own airbase in the Midlands. They crashed… — 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
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
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
My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images. — Tom Hooper Copy Share
I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness. — Tom Hooper Copy Share
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
The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths. — Tom Hooper Copy Share
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
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
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
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
I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures. — Tom Hooper Copy Share
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
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
