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Film director

Howard Hawks was an American film director renowned for his contributions to the classic Hollywood style. His films spanned a variety of genres, including Westerns, comedies, and war films, many of which are still considered classics in cinematic history.

Howard Hawks: Interviews

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“I think girls who insult people are very attractive.”

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“The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death.”

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“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.”

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“I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.”

Two Different Character Stories Names Directors Towns Guarantees Character Change

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“When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.”

Use Jobs Talent

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“I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.”

Knows Want Littles Left Gun Sick Western Want Me Psychics New Yorkers Left Handed

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“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 pretty good that time, too.”

Years Wells Made Decided Wayne Rio Bravo

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“Fortune favors the prepared.”

Fortune Prepared Favors

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“There's action only if there is danger.”

Ifs Action Danger Hawks

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“I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!”

Moving Inspiring Directors Function Chiefs Filmmaker Movie Ems Storyteller

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“John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen.”

Force Screens Wayne

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“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. Begin the scene with someone entering, and somehow it’s more interesting.”

People Interesting Talking Groups Scene Sitting Down And Entering Antidote Entrances Sitting Down

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“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.”

Problem Bigs Moving Directors Pages Bigger Scripts Screens Shooting Screenwriting Big Screen

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“A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.”

Three Scene Good Movie

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About the Author

Born: May 30, 1896
Died: December 26, 1977
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 14

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