'The Blind Side' took forever to get it out of 20th Century Fox in turnaround. It was one of three different movies I was involved with then. 'The Blind Side' just happened to be the one that got made. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
We did not go to that many movies in a theater in the little town I grew up in. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
We have the word 'Mc' attached to so many things now, like 'McMansions.' It's become part of our vernacular as something on steroids almost,… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I've got twins and a lovely wife and a great life and I don't want to miss that. So if I'm going to miss… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I've never read a script in which you are actively pulling for the protagonist in the beginning, but little by little, you lose that. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I grew up in a refinery town in Texas, and we weren't fancy enough to have a McDonald's. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved, because the movie is almost… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Any time you have people of different races in a movie that's about America, there's going to be a racial component. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I usually have to find something where I go, "I have to do this." Sometimes you don't even know what the question you're trying… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
When you are older, you want to be around people you admire, even in their personal lives. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is going to… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
