I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves. Curtis Hanson More Quotes by Curtis Hanson More Quotes From Curtis Hanson As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that this picture [Bad Influence] had been put out to capitalize on the scandal. Which, of course, would have been impossible. Curtis Hanson ridiculousscandalpeople Rob Lowe, who I thought was really good in the movie [ Bad Influence], had his performance overshadowed by this sort of tabloid approach to him and the movie. Curtis Hanson lowestabloidsinfluence Bad Influence, which is an early movie of mine that I'm very fond of. It was an unhappy experience when that picture got released, because it coincided with that ridiculous Rob Lowe videotape scandal. Curtis Hanson ridiculousscandalunhappy On the surface, Wonder Boys seemed like such a departure from L.A. Confidential - it's funny, it's contemporary, and so on - and yet at a certain point, I had a feeling that reminded me how I felt when I was shooting L.A. Confidential. I analyzed it for a while, and thought about how emotionally involved I was with the characters. Then I realized that in both movies, there are three main male characters and one female, and all of them are struggling to figure out what they're doing with their lives, independent of each other. Curtis Hanson independentstrugglecharacter I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next. Curtis Hanson storiescharacterlooks In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they didn't know at all - and let people discover them through the course of the film. Curtis Hanson guytwopeople That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different roles in his other work. Curtis Hanson rolesdifferentboys 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? Curtis Hanson castingsittingthinking That love of movies is very much alive in me. Curtis Hanson alive I'm still a great movie fan, and I guess that's the answer to your question. Curtis Hanson fansstillsanswers I didn't look at it as a transition so much, because I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies. Curtis Hanson careerswritingpeople
