I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while.
Stephen Hopkins

There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.
Stephen Hopkins

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.
Stephen Hopkins

We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others.
Stephen Hopkins

If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.
Stephen Hopkins

I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.
Stephen Hopkins

Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.
Stephen Hopkins

24 isn't like other shows, where you set the look once and you're done. The show started at midnight, then moved to a pre-dawn look, and now we're at dawn and we're warming up the day.
Stephen Hopkins