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.
I was never a critic. I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se. I make that distinction only because I came t… - Curtis Hanson
I was never a critic. I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se. I make that distinction only because I came t…
- Curtis Hanson
Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion. - Curtis Hanson
Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.
Consequently, it's so gratifying to then make a picture that's successful and gives you leverage to have better circumstances than you've ever had, b… - Curtis Hanson
Consequently, it's so gratifying to then make a picture that's successful and gives you leverage to have better circumstances than you've ever had, b…
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. - Curtis Hanson
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.
That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different ro… - Curtis Hanson
That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different ro…
Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues. - Curtis Hanson
Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.
What you care about [movie] is whether it's moving you, or whether you're caught up in it. - Curtis Hanson
What you care about [movie] is whether it's moving you, or whether you're caught up in it.
I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers. - Curtis Hanson
I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers.
I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many of the great filmmakers I loved - were self-taught. - Curtis Hanson
I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many of the great filmmakers I loved - were self-taught.
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