Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkinswas a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. From a prominent Rhode Island family, Hopkins was a grandson of William Hopkins who served the colony for 40 years as Deputy, Assistant, Speaker of the House of Deputies, and Major. His great grandfather, Thomas Hopkins, was an original settler of Providence, sailing from England in 1635 with his first...
NationalityJamaican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 March 1707
CityProvidence, RI
CountryJamaica
Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys.
I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience.
If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.
I thought that if I ate even one piece of pizza, I'd gain 10 pounds,
The last straw would be when I told them that I had been having suicidal thoughts, ... But once again, I was the one who wanted to get help; I initiated it.
On behalf of our cast and crew, we are pleased to be able to complete our filming in Louisiana and to be part of the region's recovery effort.
I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.
I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.
I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.
There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.
We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.
I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.
Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.
To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.