Curtis Hanson
Curtis Hanson
Curtis Lee Hansonis an American film director, film producer and screenwriter. His directing work includes the psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, the neo-noir crime film L.A. Confidential, the comedy Wonder Boys, the hip hop drama 8 Mile, and the romantic comedy-drama In Her Shoes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth24 March 1945
CityReno, NV
CountryUnited States of America
writing
Whereas to write, all you need is paper and an idea, so I felt that writing might be my stepping stone.
men guy imagine
You can imagine what it was like for me to actually be sitting in a room with matching typewriters, working under the tutelage of this guy I so admired, both as a filmmaker and as a man.
moving care caught-up
What you care about [movie] is whether it's moving you, or whether you're caught up in it.
successful giving circumstances
Consequently, it's so gratifying to then make a picture that's successful and gives you leverage to have better circumstances than you've ever had, before the next time out.
school
Consequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work.
self-esteem issues female
Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.
facts dresses scripts
You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.
appear difference image interested theme versus
A theme that has always interested me is the difference between how thing appear and how they are. Image versus reality, etc.
brought third time toronto
This is the third time I've brought a movie to the Toronto festival,
people proud surprise
This girl, I can't tell you how much ... well, just how proud I am of her. She is going to surprise so many people with this.
defined duality extend geographic outward takes tried worlds
defined by the outward differences in the appearances, we tried to extend this duality to the two geographic worlds in which the story takes place.
people talking
It got a lot of people talking about it again.
best exciting imagine pain people work
We feel his pain and yet he consistently makes us laugh. You can imagine how exciting it is to have so many people consistently say that this is the best work he's (Douglas) ever done.
affect brother chord people realized relationship reminded routes script similar struck took
I read this script and it struck a chord with me, and I thought, why does this story affect me so much? And I realized that it reminded me a lot of my relationship with my brother - two people who took very different routes to get to a very similar place.