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Catherine Hardwicke Quotes

People love to talk, so let them have fun talking, Picture Quote #1

Meryl [Stripe]spoke out about the low percentage of female critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Why are there 760 male critics and just 168 women? You are immediately [biased] on what kind of films you are being told to go see. What are you told are good films? Male films Picture Quote #1

Of course, the male-directed films make more money Picture Quote #1

You have a big success, and it’s still not easy to make a movie Picture Quote #1

Some of the best stuff in all my movies has been improv Picture Quote #1

Starting with ‘Thirteen,’ my known technique is to cast the lead, then find someone with whom they have incredible chemistry Picture Quote #1

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You don’t watch ‘A Beautiful Mind’ and say, ‘This is how every mathematician is.’ Picture Quote #1

I’ve worked on really big budget movies as a designer - ‘Vanilla Sky,’ ‘Three Kings;’ I’ve been in that world, and you can just see people get nervous Picture Quote #1

When I read the ‘Twilight’ book, I didn’t see it as fantasy. I saw it as a love story Picture Quote #1

Of course I went and got ‘Breaking Dawn’ at midnight the night it came out and read it instantly. I was like, ‘Yes!’ Picture Quote #1

Every filmmaker’s just going to keep trying to make it the best you can make it: make it as potent and interesting and entertaining and exciting and tough and sexy as you can Picture Quote #1

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After ‘Inconvenient Truth,’ we hit a tipping point where almost everybody in America cares about the environment Picture Quote #1

Everything is so aggressively marketed at every age: if you’re not in Baby Gap, you’re not cool. That’s how everybody’s grown up, so they don’t even know it could be another way Picture Quote #1

Can you have it all, as a woman? Can you be a creative artist and have stability and a home life? How much can you stretch yourself as an artist? Picture Quote #1

As you study vampire legend throughout history, it goes back to almost every culture. South Africa, Indonesia, crazy places have that legend and that idea of immortality Picture Quote #1

Back in medieval times, Victorian repression hadn’t come in yet. People were bawdy and wild and more in touch with their true natures. If you look at the Bosch paintings or Bruegel, you see, when people are dancing, they’re totally cutting loose Picture Quote #1

I’ll literally pay three Hollywood readers who don’t know me to read my scripts under the radar and give cold comments. And at the early screenings of my movies, I’ll hand out questionnaires that can be filled out anonymously so people can be brutally honest because, to your face, they won’t be Picture Quote #1

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My first movie, ‘Thirteen,’ and it was very real - almost too real. It was very gritty, with raw human emotion. I’d love to do something like that again Picture Quote #1

So many images are saying to girls, ‘Show a lot of skin and look gorgeous and sexy.’ Picture Quote #1

As a director, you’ve got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light Picture Quote #1

When you’re in a creative flow with somebody - and I had this back in architecture school - you’re just so passionate about what you’re doing, and if that other person is just as passionate, you’ll be madly in love with them. It’s just that thrill of creating Picture Quote #1

As the director, you cannot control what people do after hours or in their trailers or on break. Why would you want to? But you can’t Picture Quote #1

We love those beautiful, Latin American stories where there is an element that’s more mysterious and wonderful. I think as a child a lot of us love the idea of the star and more of the supernatural elements Picture Quote #1

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We read about secret lives that people have on the Internet, or alternate lives of a serial killer where the whole family didn’t know that their dad or their brother or their child was that. There are all the things in our heart that no one really knows, and I thought that that was interesting territory to explore Picture Quote #1

Since I was a little kid, I did like fairy tale. I did dress up like Little Red Riding Hood. My mom had to make me a cape Picture Quote #1

Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream mentality and the kinds of films he loves to make are the kind that appeal to this big, mass audience Picture Quote #1

If a scene doesn’t work on three levels - it’s not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash Picture Quote #1

I think it’s true that the more sanitized a person is, you can’t really relate to that person Picture Quote #1

I used to be an architect, so I have a series I am working on with USA Network that I created and am co-writing Picture Quote #1

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Motivational Quotes

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People love to talk, so let them have fun talking, (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Meryl [Stripe]spoke out about the low percentage of female critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Why are there 760 male critics and just 168 women? You are immediately [biased] on what kind of films you are being told to go see. What are you told are good films? Male films (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Of course, the male-directed films make more money (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) You have a big success, and it’s still not easy to make a movie (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Some of the best stuff in all my movies has been improv (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Starting with ‘Thirteen,’ my known technique is to cast the lead, then find someone with whom they have incredible chemistry. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) You don’t pay the same price for a Ferrari as you do for a Honda Accord. But for some reason, for movie tickets, you’re asked to pay the same price for ‘Avatar’ as you are for some $2 million movie, which is kind of a weird thing when you think about it. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) You don’t watch ‘A Beautiful Mind’ and say, ‘This is how every mathematician is.’ (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) I’ve worked on really big budget movies as a designer - ‘Vanilla Sky,’ ‘Three Kings;’ I’ve been in that world, and you can just see people get nervous. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) When I read the ‘Twilight’ book, I didn’t see it as fantasy. I saw it as a love story. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Of course I went and got ‘Breaking Dawn’ at midnight the night it came out and read it instantly. I was like, ‘Yes!’ (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Every filmmaker’s just going to keep trying to make it the best you can make it: make it as potent and interesting and entertaining and exciting and tough and sexy as you can. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) After ‘Inconvenient Truth,’ we hit a tipping point where almost everybody in America cares about the environment. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Everything is so aggressively marketed at every age: if you’re not in Baby Gap, you’re not cool. That’s how everybody’s grown up, so they don’t even know it could be another way. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Can you have it all, as a woman? Can you be a creative artist and have stability and a home life? How much can you stretch yourself as an artist? (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) As you study vampire legend throughout history, it goes back to almost every culture. South Africa, Indonesia, crazy places have that legend and that idea of immortality. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Back in medieval times, Victorian repression hadn’t come in yet. People were bawdy and wild and more in touch with their true natures. If you look at the Bosch paintings or Bruegel, you see, when people are dancing, they’re totally cutting loose. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) I’ll literally pay three Hollywood readers who don’t know me to read my scripts under the radar and give cold comments. And at the early screenings of my movies, I’ll hand out questionnaires that can be filled out anonymously so people can be brutally honest because, to your face, they won’t be. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) My first movie, ‘Thirteen,’ and it was very real - almost too real. It was very gritty, with raw human emotion. I’d love to do something like that again. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) So many images are saying to girls, ‘Show a lot of skin and look gorgeous and sexy.’ (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) As a director, you’ve got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) When you’re in a creative flow with somebody - and I had this back in architecture school - you’re just so passionate about what you’re doing, and if that other person is just as passionate, you’ll be madly in love with them. It’s just that thrill of creating. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) As the director, you cannot control what people do after hours or in their trailers or on break. Why would you want to? But you can’t. (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) We love those beautiful, Latin American stories where there is an element that’s more mysterious and wonderful. I think as a child a lot of us love the idea of the star and more of the supernatural elements (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) We read about secret lives that people have on the Internet, or alternate lives of a serial killer where the whole family didn’t know that their dad or their brother or their child was that. There are all the things in our heart that no one really knows, and I thought that that was interesting territory to explore (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Since I was a little kid, I did like fairy tale. I did dress up like Little Red Riding Hood. My mom had to make me a cape (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream mentality and the kinds of films he loves to make are the kind that appeal to this big, mass audience (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) If a scene doesn’t work on three levels - it’s not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) I think it’s true that the more sanitized a person is, you can’t really relate to that person (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes) I used to be an architect, so I have a series I am working on with USA Network that I created and am co-writing (Catherine Hardwicke Quotes)

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