“But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who's one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in 'Rio Bravo'.” IfsHas BeensComedyHeroDirectorsAll TimeHawksBack In TimeRioGo Back In TimeBravoGreat Hero Author:Stephen Fry
“I think Jesse [Zwick] is part of a new generation of director, because we'd be kidding ourselves if we did not acknowledge that there is this unsaid rule that the hero looks a certain way.” IfsThinkingWayLooksCertainGenerationsHeroDirectorsAcknowledgeNew GenerationUnsaid Author:Nate Parker
“Casting directors tend to be the unsung heroes in this business.” HeroDirectorsCastingCasting DirectorsUnsung Hero Author:Brent Sexton
“I don't really distinguish between a fictional hero and a real life hero as a basis for any comparison. To me, a hero is a hero. I like making pictures about people who have a personal mission in life or at least in the life of a story who start out with certain low expectations and then over achieve our highest expectations for them. That's the kind of character arc I love dabbling in as a director, as a filmmaker.” PeopleKindRealCharacterStoriesCertainAchieveHeroDirectorsHighestLowsExpectationsBasesMissionsReal LifeFilmmakerComparisonArcsMissions In LifeLow ExpectationsDabblingPersonal Mission Author:Steven Spielberg
“John Lewis is such a remarkable human being. Literally, such a beautiful human being. I remember the first time I met him. We were in the middle of a scene and [Selma director] Ava DuVernay calls, "Cut," and then he literally just came in. He just came walking in.I just froze. I can't explain the feeling. Seeing somebody who was literally a living hero. He was a hero.” FirstsHumansI CanFeelingsBeautifulRememberHuman BeingsCuttingSeeingMiddleHeroWalkingMetsSceneDirectorsFirst TimeRemarkable Author:Stephan James
“I got very spoiled. Everybody said you will never ever work on such a good movie, you know. I did, because I went on to work on Captain America, which also has a great director, which is Joe Johnston, one of my heroes who designed the old Star Wars movies.” KnowsSaidWarAmericaStarsHeroDirectorsCaptainsSpoiledMy HeroGood MovieWar MovieStar Wars Movie Author:Daniel Simon
“Also one of my heroes is Syd Mead, who designed the vehicles for the first Tron. So, there are so many beautiful things happening here. And working with Joe was great. He's an architect, so I worked with other directors in between who were just about the action.” FirstsActionBeautifulHeroDirectorsHappeningsThings HappenArchitectVehicleBeautiful ThingsMy HeroMead Author:Daniel Simon
“I just realized that I need to be a director - for two reasons. One, directors were already my heroes at this point. I wanted to; when I wanted to be an actor I wanted to work with this director. Not work with this actor, I wanted to work for this director.” NeedsTwoReasonWantedActorsHeroDirectorsMy HeroJust Realized Author:Quentin Tarantino