I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one.
Curtis HansonWhen I'm casting a picture, I think who I'd like to see in it if I was sitting in a theater. Who would surprise me?
Curtis HansonRob Lowe, who I thought was really good in the movie [ Bad Influence], had his performance overshadowed by this sort of tabloid approach to him and the movie.
Curtis HansonSo it's discouraging and, yet, when you make a movie like Wonder Boys, in a sense it's its own reward, because it does move people, it gets great reviews, and it becomes part of that library of movies that exist out there. As time goes by, it will find its audience.
Curtis HansonThere are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. I had a checkered early career with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the nightmares one hears about. Consequently, it's so gratifying to then make a picture that's successful and gives you leverage to have better circumstances than you've ever had, before the next time out.
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