I think this film is about inclusion, but it's about the inclusion that's made possible by love, we live in a deeply divided world. I mean what's happening on the shores of Europe at the moment, the extraordinary refugee crisis that reaches out to us at the moment, is an appeal to our hearts.

Tom Hooper

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I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tel... by Tom Hooper

I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.

screening want people

I don't even like football. by Tom Hooper

I don't even like football.

I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness.

emptiness silence thinking

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

age class travel

Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekend... by Tom Hooper

Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekends.

shooting weekend special

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity th... by Tom Hooper

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

clarity filmmaker would-be

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.

uplifting kings new-york

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect b... by Tom Hooper

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.

iconic character culture

Nowadays filmmakers tend to recycle the same cliches over and ove... by Tom Hooper

Nowadays filmmakers tend to recycle the same cliches over and over again.

cliche filmmaker

Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, "I loved you last night." And they go, "What about the week before?" They immediately worry.

worry talking night

The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.

entrepreneur directors way

Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.

triangles actors men

Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the prese... by Tom Hooper

Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.

tense acting moments

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.

childhood people thinking

Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.

reading kings mother

Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people. by Tom Hooper

Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.

actors ordinary people

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get... by Tom Hooper

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.

irony festivals directors

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to nati... by Tom Hooper

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

patriotic cinema identity

The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up to... by Tom Hooper

The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.

bigger touching ends

My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more.

childhood dad wife world