Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawkswas an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin labeled Hawks "the greatest American director who is not a household name." He has influenced some of the most popular and respected directors such as Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, John Carpenter, and Quentin Tarantino. His work is admired by many notable directors including Peter Bogdanovich, François Truffaut, Michael Mann and Jacques Rivette. He is popular for his films from a wide range...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 May 1896
CityGoshen, IN
CountryUnited States of America
Too many actors try to get too much out of scenes that they ought to be leaving alone, just doing them quickly and getting the hell out.
I have a theory that the only way you can be any good is if the camera likes you. If the camera doesn't like you, you are gone.
It's hard not to think of Jack Ford when you're making a Western. Hard not to think of him when you're making any picture.
I'm such a coward that unless I get a good writer, I don't want to make a picture.
If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to see. And then they'll turn you lose and let you make what you want. And then maybe you can do some of the things that you want to do. But as a beginner, you haven't got a chance.
John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen.
I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.
I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.
I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.
The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death.
I think girls who insult people are very attractive.
I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.
When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.
John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen.