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
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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.
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What he had from the beginning is a natural charisma, ... a thing that makes you interested in watching him and hearing what comes out of his mouth. As frustrating as it is to all the wannabe actors out there, that's God-given. You either have it or you don't.
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The fact is that people have started to dismissively apply that term to stories that focus on women and their relationships,
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I think Shirley took it as a challenge and therefore was excited by it, because I think that's what makes her life exciting,
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When you're dealing with someone like Shirley, it's a little insulting to ask her to come in for a meeting. But I wanted to meet her first and talk to her about the character, because there was a very big 'if' on it for me. Shirley is such a powerful presence, personality and talent, and she has used that power effectively over a long and rich career. But I wanted to know she would be able to put a damper on all of that and go to a very quiet place to play this character who is literally hiding from life, who has put a lid on everything because of her guilt, her fear and her unresolved issues. If Shirley could go to that kind of a place, and then blossom as her character's life broadens, I thought it would be very exciting.
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It got a lot of people talking about it again.
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A persona like Slim Shady is artificial, you hide behind it. It takes great courage to tear yourself open, to give the sort of performance I wanted. He found it wearing.
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A theme that has always interested me is the difference between how thing appear and how they are. Image versus reality, etc.
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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.
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This is the third time I've brought a movie to the Toronto festival,
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The shoes are a great symbol of the conflict between the sisters. Haven't we all at one time or another wanted to be in someone else's shoes? To have their advantages, their good fortune.
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We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day.
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Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it.
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I had a checkered early career, for sure, with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the nightmares one hears about.