Howard Hawks Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“I have a theory that the only way you can be any good is if the camera likes you. If the camera doesn't like you, you are gone.”

“I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.”

“I'm such a coward that unless I get a good writer, I don't want to make a picture.”

“It's hard not to think of Jack Ford when you're making a Western. Hard not to think of him when you're making any picture.”

“Too many actors try to get too much out of scenes that they ought to be leaving alone, just doing them quickly and getting the hell out.”

“I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.”