John Lee Hancock

We did not go to that many movies in a theater in the little town I grew up in.

— John Lee Hancock

We have the word 'Mc' attached to so many things now, like 'McMansions.' It's become part of our vernacular as something on…

— John Lee Hancock

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…

— John Lee Hancock

I've never read a script in which you are actively pulling for the protagonist in the beginning, but little by little, you…

— John Lee Hancock

I grew up in a refinery town in Texas, and we weren't fancy enough to have a McDonald's.

— John Lee Hancock

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved, because the movie…

— John Lee Hancock

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

I usually have to find something where I go, "I have to do this." Sometimes you don't even know what the question…

— John Lee Hancock

When you are older, you want to be around people you admire, even in their personal lives.

— John Lee Hancock

Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is…

— John Lee Hancock

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie…

— John Lee Hancock

Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate.

— John Lee Hancock

If America had a motto, it would be pull yourself up by the bootstraps, work harder than the next guy, have a…

— John Lee Hancock

Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that…

— John Lee Hancock

Every generation comes upon the movie again, and then, invariably, the books have a spike in sales because people want to read…

— John Lee Hancock

'The Blind Side' took forever to get it out of 20th Century Fox in turnaround. It was one of three different movies…

— John Lee Hancock

A corporation that is publicly traded, it has one goal: to make money. It doesn't have a soul. If it does have…

— John Lee Hancock

I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.

— John Lee Hancock

I'm not only a writer, but have directed and produced, know the difficulties of the line producer, can deal with the studio,…

— John Lee Hancock

Many years ago, I was a producer on a movie called 'My Dog Skip.' Willie Morris, the great southern writer, had written…

— John Lee Hancock

For every one that gets made, there are five other movies that you try to get made that you don't.

— John Lee Hancock

I got an English degree in college and then went to law school because I didn't know what else to do. I…

— John Lee Hancock

It is so hard to get movies made in Hollywood that you got to have six going at once, and you know,…

— John Lee Hancock

I just hope, every now and then, the studios still slip one of my movies in.

— John Lee Hancock

Christian audiences, I think, have grown very tired of movies that try to pander to them.

— John Lee Hancock