Top 17 Quotes by Howard Hawks

About Howard Hawks

These are some quotes by American author Howard Hawks Director, who lived between May 30, 1896 and December 26, 1977.

There's action only if there is danger.

There's action only if there is danger.

Howard Hawks

If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to see. And then they'll turn you lose and let you make what you want. And then maybe you can do some of the things that you want to do. But as a beginner, you haven't got a chance.

Howard Hawks

I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.

I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.

Howard Hawks

I think girls who insult people are very attractive.

I think girls who insult people are very attractive.

Howard Hawks

It's hard not to think of Jack Ford when you're making a Western. Hard not to think of him when you're making any picture.

It's hard not to think of Jack Ford when you're making a Western. Hard not to think of him when you're making any picture.

Howard Hawks

I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.

I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.

Howard Hawks

I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.

I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.

Howard Hawks

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