For every one that gets made, there are five other movies that you try to get made that you don’t. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
You set out to tell a good story. You don’t do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they’ll never get to do that but just by the virtue of having said it out loud, I think there’s some power in that. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
We did not go to that many movies in a theater in the little town I grew up in. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
I like some time away to recharge the batteries, not only physically but emotionally, so that I get to the point where I’m just dying to direct again, and then that’s the right time to do it again. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
You pick a project. You think, ‘I can succeed at this. I can help them. I can make it so that they’ll want to call me again the next time.’ John Lee Hancock Read Quote
You set out to tell a good story. You don’t do it because there is a deep message involved, because the movie is almost always bad when you do that. Your job No. 1 is for it to be entertaining, and if it’s inspiring, that is great, too. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
I think that, anybody with a strong will to tell a story, then that is fantastic. I think it’s fantastic. I think sometimes people have what I’ll call an ulterior motive with a story. John Lee Hancock Read Quote
