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Famous Tom Hooper Quotes
“Nowadays filmmakers tend to recycle the same cliches over and over again.”
“Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekends.”
“I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.”
“I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.”
“Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.”
“The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.”
“I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.”
“A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.”
“American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.”
“I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.”
“I have a yearning someday to do one of these huge juggernauts.”
“I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.”
“I'm the son of highly functioning parents who I'm incredibly lucky to have.”