Author: Tom Hooper

Quotes

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

- Tom Hooper

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.

- Tom Hooper

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

- Tom Hooper

If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.

If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.

- Tom Hooper

The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your life, you can't afford to get it wrong.

The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your life, you can't afford to get it wrong.

- Tom Hooper

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