88 Quotes by Curtis Hanson

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

It got a lot of people talking about it again.

I think Shirley took it as a challenge and therefore was excited by it, because I think that's what makes her life exciting,

We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day.