Quotes from Curtis Hanson

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

You can imagine what it was like for me to actually be sitting in a room with matching typewriters, working under the tutelage of this guy I so admired, both as a filmmaker and as a man.

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

Consequently, it's so gratifying to then make a picture that's successful and gives you leverage to have better circumstances than you've ever had, before the next time out.

I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one.

That love of movies is very much alive in me.

Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it.

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.

Consequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work.

We're all of us prospectors up here, eh, Tyler? Scratchin' for that... that one crack in the ground. Never have to scratch again. I'll let you in on a little secret, Tyler: the gold's not in the ground. The gold's not anywhere up here. The real gold is south of 60 - sittin' in livin' rooms, stuck facin' the boob tube, bored to death. Bored to death, Tyler...Boredom - that's what's wrong. And how do you beat boredom, Tyler?... Adventure.

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.