Quotes by Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson

A day doesn’t go by when I don’t get a compliment on L.A. Confidential, for example.

Compliment

Confidential

Example

As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that this picture [Bad Influence] had been put out to capitalize on the scandal. Which, of course, would have been impossible.

People

Ridiculous

Scandal

Bad Influence, which is an early movie of mine that I’m very fond of. It was an unhappy experience when that picture got released, because it coincided with that ridiculous Rob Lowe videotape scandal.

Ridiculous

Scandal

Unhappy

Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It’s unfortunate, because while it may lead to big opening grosses, a lot of pictures that are a little different and don’t fit so neatly into either a niche market or a high-concept marketing approach can get lost in the shuffle. That’s one unfortunate thing.

Different

Marketing

Unfortunate Things

Even though L.A Confidential box-office was a fraction of, say, Titanic or the Grinch movie, it finds its audience and will continue doing so for who knows how long, because of the basic thing we love about movies, which is storytelling and performances.

Long

Office

Storytelling

First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are “Fuller-esque,” as one might say, which makes them stand apart from any other director’s films.

Directors

Groups

Unique

Having done several of them and also loving other kinds of movies, I’m also tougher on suspense stories in terms of finding one that really excites and surprises me.

Done

Stories

Suspense

Here [in Wonder Boys] I had this group of characters where you didn’t know which were the important ones or what direction they were heading.

Boys

Character

Important

His [Sam Fuller] self-discipline was amazing. No matter what happened, he’d always go out to his Royal Upright typewriter and just keep working on his stories, his “yarns” as he called them.

Self

Typewriters

Yarn

Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.

Cities

Hollywood

Illusion

Follow The Behaviour University in order to get the greatest quotes from the greatest people of all time so that you can tap into your own greatness.

Actors

Answers

Boys

Careers

Casting

Character

Cities

Compliment

Confidential

Cutting

Different

Directors

Distinction

Done

Example

Eye

Fans

Female

Film

Filmmaker

Gay

Giving

Groups

Guy

Hollywood

Illusion

Important

Independent

Issues

Journalist

Linear

Location

Long

Lovers

Marketing

Marketplace

Needs

Night

Office

Opportunity

People

Pittsburgh

Reviews

Ridiculous

Roger

Roles

Scandal

School

Scripts

Self

The Future Blueprint

Tool

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

Tool

The Autobiography

Tool

The Behaviour Diary

Tool

The Dating Diary

Tool

The Relationship Therapist

Tool

Quotes by Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson

A day doesn’t go by when I don’t get a compliment on L.A. Confidential, for example.

As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that this picture [Bad Influence] had been put out to capitalize on the scandal. Which, of course, would have been impossible.

Bad Influence, which is an early movie of mine that I’m very fond of. It was an unhappy experience when that picture got released, because it coincided with that ridiculous Rob Lowe videotape scandal.

Even though L.A Confidential box-office was a fraction of, say, Titanic or the Grinch movie, it finds its audience and will continue doing so for who knows how long, because of the basic thing we love about movies, which is storytelling and performances.

First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are “Fuller-esque,” as one might say, which makes them stand apart from any other director’s films.

Having done several of them and also loving other kinds of movies, I’m also tougher on suspense stories in terms of finding one that really excites and surprises me.

Here [in Wonder Boys] I had this group of characters where you didn’t know which were the important ones or what direction they were heading.

His [Sam Fuller] self-discipline was amazing. No matter what happened, he’d always go out to his Royal Upright typewriter and just keep working on his stories, his “yarns” as he called them.

Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.

Get Social with TBU

Topics by Curtis Hanson

Popular Tools

The Future Blueprint

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

The Autobiography

The Behaviour Diary

The Dating Diary

The Relationship Therapist

Menu

Menu