I don't think plot as a plot means much today. I'd say that everybody has seen every plot twenty times. What they haven't seen is characters and their relation to one another. I don't worry much about plot anymore.
The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death. - Howard Hawks
The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death.
- Howard Hawks
John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen. - Howard Hawks
John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen.
There's action only if there is danger. - Howard Hawks
There's action only if there is danger.
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 pret… - Howard Hawks
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 pret…
Fortune favors the prepared. - Howard Hawks
Fortune favors the prepared.
I find that when you open on a group of people sitting down and talking, the scene sits down with them. The best antidote for that is an entrance. Be… - Howard Hawks
I find that when you open on a group of people sitting down and talking, the scene sits down with them. The best antidote for that is an entrance. Be…
You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen. - Howard Hawks
You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move! - Howard Hawks
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!
When you've got some talent, your job is to use it. - Howard Hawks
When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.
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