Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawkswas an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin labeled Hawks "the greatest American director who is not a household name." He has influenced some of the most popular and respected directors such as Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, John Carpenter, and Quentin Tarantino. His work is admired by many notable directors including Peter Bogdanovich, François Truffaut, Michael Mann and Jacques Rivette. He is popular for his films from a wide range...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 May 1896
CityGoshen, IN
CountryUnited States of America
Fortune favors the prepared.
I don't think plot as a plot means much today. I'd say that everybody has seen every plot twenty times. What they haven't seen is characters and their relation to one another. I don't worry much about plot anymore.
You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!
I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.
I think girls who insult people are very attractive.
I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.