88 Quotes by Curtis Hanson

There was a long period of time when Sam Fuller had a lot of projects fall through and had a lot of difficulties getting a project off the ground. And I was able to observe him during that period, and see his incredible resiliency and courage as he faced this difficulty and just kept working.

His [Sam Fuller] self-discipline was amazing. No matter what happened, he'd always go out to his Royal Upright typewriter and just keep working on his stories, his "yarns" as he called them.

I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers.

Here [in Wonder Boys] I had this group of characters where you didn't know which were the important ones or what direction they were heading.

The challenge was the opportunity. When I read the first draft of Steve Kloves' fabulous adaptation - I hadn't read [Michael] Chabon's book at that time - what I was immediately captivated by was this group of characters that were at once so engaging and so messed up.

I can't speak to how Michael [Douglas] approached it in terms of his process.

I thought, "If I could bring these characters [Wonder Boys] to life and lead the audience to react the same way I did, this could be a really special picture." Then I read Michael's [Chabon] novel and got even more enthusiastic about it.

When I'm casting a picture, I think who I'd like to see in it if I was sitting in a theater. Who would surprise me?

Most scripts are so linear and simplistic in their plotline.