George Hickenlooper Quotes

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.
George Hickenlooper

Success, Humble, Humility

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.
George Hickenlooper

Work, Find, Filmmaker

Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film.
George Hickenlooper

Try, Darkness, Film

I'm very strongly in favor of the auteur theory.
George Hickenlooper

Theory, Favor, Strongly

Most people, 95% of people, are good people. It's the 5% who get seduced by power.
George Hickenlooper

Good, Power, Seduced

I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction filmmaking, you really feel like you're creating something.
George Hickenlooper

Love, Movies, Tell

I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form.
George Hickenlooper

History, Art, Film

I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives.
George Hickenlooper

Dreams, Emotional, Two

I'm fascinated by failure, and I'm fascinated by finality. Shakespeare's historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to the finality of life. Without finality, life would not be beautiful.
George Hickenlooper

Life, Failure, Beautiful

Kelly Preston is a remarkable human being and a great dramatic actress. It was a privilege as a director to tap into this part of her. Rarely do I make a kind of spiritual connection with my cast. Kelly was a wonderful exception. She is truly very special and I adore her.
George Hickenlooper

Great, Spiritual, Human

Simon Monjack had nothing to do with 'Factory Girl.' He filed a frivolous lawsuit against us... making bogus claims that we had stolen his script. He held us literally to hostage and we were forced to settle with him as he held our production over a barrel.
George Hickenlooper

Girl, Nothing, Him

There's been a vacuum with movies that people can relate to. There's been a paucity of dramas that people can relate to. I think audiences are clamoring to connect - particularly after 9/11 - with things that are genuine and real and I think documentaries are filling that need.
George Hickenlooper

Movies, Real, After

There's something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility that we contributed to so much of the world. We lost that mission in the 1980s and 1990s, when we entered a gilded age, and the culture of individualism became a culture of avarice.
George Hickenlooper

Age, Lost, Sense

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Nationality: American

Born: May 25, 1963

Died: October 29, 2010

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