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
couple writing attention
I wrote a couple of scripts on spec that didn't get made but got some attention, and I then got offers to write professionally.
writing horror producers
My very first professional writing credit was on a movie called The Dunwich Horror, and Roger Corman was the executive producer.
writing people journalist
I didn't look at it as a transition so much, because I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies.
writing scene learning-experience
Roger [Corman] didn't actually hire me, though. I was hired by AIP [American International Pictures], the studio that made the picture, which was Sam Arkoff and Jim Nicholson. It was a great learning experience for me, because not only did I work on the script, but they hired me back to go on location when they were making the movie, to write new scenes and so forth.
writing direct
I had written the script a few years earlier for Paramount, then later got hired with Sam [Fuller] to write an entirely new script that he was going to direct. And that was one of the great thrills of my professional life.
writing
Whereas to write, all you need is paper and an idea, so I felt that writing might be my stepping stone.
grew los
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I always wanted to make a movie about Los Angeles.
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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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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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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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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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One of the reasons I wanted Toni to play the part was...she would put on the burden of weight, ... The weight of responsibility that someone feels who literally gave up her own childhood to take care of her sister.
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Shirley's his female counterpart. They're wild horses knocking against a fence post, trying to push and see how far their work can take them. I think being challenged as an actress keeps Shirley young.
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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.