John Lee Hancock
John Lee Hancock
John Lee Hancock, Jr.is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for directing the sports drama films The Rookieand The Blind Side, and the historical comedy-drama film Saving Mr. Banks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 December 1956
CountryUnited States of America
anger
I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.
thinking giving vision
I'm not only a writer, but have directed and produced, know the difficulties of the line producer, can deal with the studio, can talk with the director and get his or her vision and help exact that. I think it just gives you more tools.
thinking stories matter
I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.
jobs thinking trying
I usually have to find something where I go, "I have to do this." Sometimes you don't even know what the question you're trying to answer is, but you go, "This is something I need to explore and want to explore, and it's inside me in a way that I think I can do a good job with."
wife missing lovely
I've got twins and a lovely wife and a great life and I don't want to miss that. So if I'm going to miss that it's got to be for something really good.
messages stories good-story
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.
dying batteries time-away
I like some time away to recharge the batteries, not only physically, but emotionally so that I get to the point where I'm just dying to direct again and then that's the right time to do it again.
deeds good-deeds
A good deed is a good deed.
thinking fishing montana
Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that but just by the virtue of having said it out loud, I think there's some power in that.
winning loses happens
Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is going to win and someone is going to lose.