Stephen Hopkins Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.”

“I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.”

“It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this.”

“It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another.”

“To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.”

“We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.”

“We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others.”

“When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now?”

“24 isn't like other shows, where you set the look once and you're done. The show started at midnight, then moved to a pre-dawn look, and now we're at dawn and we're warming up the day.”

“I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.”