Curtis Hanson Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need a lot of money. Even for a cheap movie, you need film stock and equipment and actors.

  Curtis Hanson

  Needs, Actors, Film

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• Consequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work.

  Curtis Hanson

  School, Film, Film School

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• First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are "Fuller-esque," as one might say, which makes them stand apart from any other director's films.

  Curtis Hanson

  Unique, Directors, Groups

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• In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they didn't know at all - and let people discover them through the course of the film.

  Curtis Hanson

  Two, People, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies. I did it as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared about, and also to learn a lot by watching filmmakers I admired. In a sense, it was my film school. After doing it for a few years, I decided that the time had come to get it together and do some work of my own. Even for a cheap movie, you need film stock and equipment and actors. Whereas to write, all you need is paper and an idea, so I felt that writing might be my stepping stone.

  Curtis Hanson

  Writing, School, Opportunity

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared about, and also to learn a lot by watching filmmakers I admired. In a sense, it was my film school. After doing it for a few years, I decided that the time had come to get it together and do some work of my own. So I stopped doing that and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need a lot of money.

  Curtis Hanson

  School, Opportunity, Years

  Source: www.avclub.com

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