All Stephen Hopkins Quotes
- I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid. Adult
- Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people. Certainly Exist
- Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys. Bad
- I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience. Audience
- To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me. Able
- We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles. Angeles
- We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others. Music
- When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now? Casting
- Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought… All
- I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for… All
- Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for.… Easier
- There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make. Film
- 24 isn't like other shows, where you set the look once and you're done. The show started at midnight, then moved to a pre-dawn look,… Dawn
- Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel… Choices
- I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split… Available
- I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose… All
- I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done. Been
- If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well. Out
- It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this. Able
- It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another. From
- There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start. Attempt