38 Quotes by Stephen Hopkins

Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away.

Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.

I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while.

I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.

I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.

It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another.

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.

We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others.