I still like the idea of having an intimate experience with a movie, but I love watching stuff on my iPad. It’s close, and I feel like I’m a part of it, so maybe that makes more sense in some cases. Catherine Hardwicke Read Quote
Sometimes, you don’t realize that something is actually a sidetrack for the story, or it takes the tension out of a scene. Catherine Hardwicke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I try to learn on each project, try to really feel what the characters are feeling. Catherine Hardwicke Read Quote
I don’t like to watch a movie where it’s just kind of like all one note, dee-dee-dee-dee. I want spikes of adrenaline and highs and lows and exciting tension release. Catherine Hardwicke Read Quote
Obviously, ‘Twilight’ had its own alchemy that was amazing, just phenomenal. Nobody thought it was going to make any money. Paramount wouldn’t make the movie. Fox wouldn’t make it. Nobody wanted to do it. Catherine Hardwicke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
For a film, when you condense, you don’t want to keep going back to the same setting over and over. Catherine Hardwicke Read Quote
I respect all the teenagers I work with and feel that everything they have to say is just as valuable as anything I have to say. Catherine Hardwicke Read Quote
