If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.
I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized. - Tom Hooper
I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.
- Tom Hooper
I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come. - Tom Hooper
I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.
I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally. - Tom Hooper
I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.
The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films. - Tom Hooper
The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.
I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his… - Tom Hooper
I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his…
Trans stories have now entered the mainstream in this fantastic way, but the most important thing is what follows from that is hopefully a shift in t… - Tom Hooper
Trans stories have now entered the mainstream in this fantastic way, but the most important thing is what follows from that is hopefully a shift in t…
Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense. - Tom Hooper
Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.
I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word "lavish" and everything being magnificent. - Tom Hooper
I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word "lavish" and everything being magnificent.
In "The King's Speech," patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the f… - Tom Hooper
In "The King's Speech," patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the f…
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