Curtis Hanson Quotes (15 Quotes)

A persona like Slim Shady is artificial, you hide behind it. It takes great courage to tear yourself open, to give the sort of performance I wanted. He found it wearing.

This girl, I can't tell you how much ... well, just how proud I am of her. She is going to surprise so many people with this.

I grew up in Los Angeles, and I always wanted to make a movie about Los Angeles.

The fact is that people have started to dismissively apply that term to stories that focus on women and their relationships,

When you're dealing with someone like Shirley, it's a little insulting to ask her to come in for a meeting. But I wanted to meet her first and talk to her about the character, because there was a very big 'if' on it for me. Shirley is such a powerful presence, personality and talent, and she has used that power effectively over a long and rich career. But I wanted to know she would be able to put a damper on all of that and go to a very quiet place to play this character who is literally hiding from life, who has put a lid on everything because of her guilt, her fear and her unresolved issues. If Shirley could go to that kind of a place, and then blossom as her character's life broadens, I thought it would be very exciting.

What he had from the beginning is a natural charisma, ... a thing that makes you interested in watching him and hearing what comes out of his mouth. As frustrating as it is to all the wannabe actors out there, that's God-given. You either have it or you don't.

Chick flick or chick lit diminishes it and is sort of insulting to women and men,

The shoes are a great symbol of the conflict between the sisters. Haven't we all at one time or another wanted to be in someone else's shoes To have their advantages, their good fortune.

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

Shirley's his female counterpart. They're wild horses knocking against a fence post, trying to push and see how far their work can take them. I think being challenged as an actress keeps Shirley young.

We feel his pain and yet he consistently makes us laugh. You can imagine how exciting it is to have so many people consistently say that this is the best work he's (Douglas) ever done.

This is the third time I've brought a movie to the Toronto festival,

I read this script and it struck a chord with me, and I thought, why does this story affect me so much And I realized that it reminded me a lot of my relationship with my brother - two people who took very different routes to get to a very similar place.

One of the reasons I wanted Toni to play the part was...she would put on the burden of weight, ... The weight of responsibility that someone feels who literally gave up her own childhood to take care of her sister.

With millions of people watching poker weekly on television, it was important to capture the authenticity of the game and its players. To that end, the poker tables in 'Lucky You' are primarily populated by poker players, not actors pretending to be poker players. Our stars trained for months in order to convincingly play side by side with top poker professionals cast in fictional roles.