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17 quotes by Howard Hawks

Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres such as Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), The Thing from Another World (1951), Gentlemen...
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A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

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I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

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John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen.

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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... →

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I think girls who insult people are very attractive.

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The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death.

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There's action only if there is danger.

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When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.

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You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.

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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... →

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I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and... →

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I have a theory that the only way you can be any good is if the camera likes you. If the camera doesn't like you, you are gone.

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

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