Trans stories have now entered the mainstream in this fantastic way, but the most important thing is what follows from that is hopefully a shift in the experience of trans people - so that there's more acceptance in the culture to the issues they face and more support.
Tom HooperI think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.
Tom HooperAmerican movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.
Tom HooperWell, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.
Tom Hooper