Catherine Hardwicke
Catherine Hardwicke
Catherine HardwickeOctober 21, 1955) is an American film director, production designer and screenwriter. Her works include the Academy Award-nominated independent film Thirteen, which she co-wrote with Nikki Reed, the film's co-star, the Biblically-themed The Nativity Story, the vampire film Twilight, the werewolf film Red Riding Hood, and the classic skateboarding film Lords of Dogtown. The opening weekend of Twilight was the biggest opening ever for a female director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 October 1955
CityCameron, TX
CountryUnited States of America
People love to talk, so let them have fun talking, I think they have an interesting, wonderful connection, so you knowWhat does dating mean? I don't know. I couldn't say. People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.
I worked for 20 directors as a production designer, most male. I was on the set to witness firsthand a range of sometimes atrocious emotions - well-documented firings, yellings, fights between directors and actors, hookers, abusive things, budget overages, lack of preparation. A man gets a standing ovation for crying because he's so sensitive, but a woman is shamed.
Of course I went and got 'Breaking Dawn' at midnight the night it came out and read it instantly. I was like, 'Yes!'
Nowadays, to get a movie greenlit, you have to make an incredible effort.
Kids have to experiment a little or figure out where they belong.
I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.
I respect all the teenagers I work with and feel that everything they have to say is just as valuable as anything I have to say.
I had a bunch of other projects that I worked really hard on after 'Twilight,' and the magic just didn't hit.
I don't like the sterility of the casting office.
How do you fight when you're trying to pull somebody's arms off or twist their head off? That makes for a different kind of fight.
For a film, when you condense, you don't want to keep going back to the same setting over and over.
Can you have it all, as a woman? Can you be a creative artist and have stability and a home life? How much can you stretch yourself as an artist?
Before 'Twilight' was greenlit, I had four projects at four studios. I worked super-hard on all of them, but 'Twilight' was greenlit first.
As the director, you cannot control what people do after hours or in their trailers or on break. Why would you want to? But you can't.