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 HancockI think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.
John Lee HancockI've got twins and a lovely wife and a great life and I don't want to miss that. So if I'm going to miss that it's got to be for something really good.
John Lee HancockI 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 HancockChristian audience, I think, have grown very tired of movies that try to pander to them. For instance if someone goes, "Ok, we're designing what we're going to do with this movie. It's a Christian movie and they'll eat it up." And you know what? Consumers are smarter than that. They go, "The movie isn't that great and he thought that I would just be a sucker and plop my $10 down for it?" Because you're looking down at the audience. You can't pander to an audience.
John Lee Hancock