Top 42 Quotes by Tom Hooper

About Tom Hooper

These are some quotes by British author Tom Hooper Director, who was born on October 1, 1972.

What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed.

What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed.

Tom Hooper

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

Tom Hooper

What I learned about stammering was that, when as a young child you lose the confidence of anyone who wants to listen to you, you lose confidence in your voice and the right to speech. And a lot of the therapy was saying, 'You have a right to be heard.'

Tom Hooper

Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.

Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.

Tom Hooper

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

Tom Hooper

When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'.

When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'.

Tom Hooper

My films seem to be about men's struggle with failure.

My films seem to be about men's struggle with failure.

Tom Hooper

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.

Tom Hooper

My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more.

Tom Hooper

If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush.

If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush.

Tom Hooper

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