Mr Hooper Quotes

#1. If it be a sign of mourning," replied Mr. Hooper, "I, perhaps, like most other mortals, have sorrows dark enough to be typified by a black veil.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#2. The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

Tom Hooper

#3. Without understanding and respect, even love could turn into a trap all too easily

Kay Hooper

#4. If we're doing we're living and if we're living we're winning, right?

Emma Hooper

#5. A British villain never loses their sense of humour.

Tom Hooper

#6. I had an experience in a restaurant one time where there was a large trolley with beef being carved up, and I just transposed different images onto it. Like, what if there was a nice little cow there with a bowtie and a knife carving up humans. I was a vegetarian for a couple of years after that.

Tobe Hooper

#7. Delaying gratification is one of the most rewarding human pleasures. In almost all cases, the anticipation of an enjoyable experience is as pleasurable as the experience itself.

Karen Amanda Hooper

#8. The moral is to make all one can out of life and live up to one's fingers' ends.

Marian Hooper Adams

#9. But in real life, happily-ever-after is just the beginning. It's where life starts.

Kay Hooper

#10. The students whipped their heads back to look at her; a blaspheming teacher was as exciting as a fight.

Emma Hooper

#11. The earth rests, and remembers.

Ellen Sturgis Hooper

#12. Some films clearly seem to divide people. And I do think there's something incredibly exciting about the commonality of us as human beings, which some films are lucky enough to tap into.

Tom Hooper

#13. The films I liked were European films-Fellini, Antonioni, Truffaut.

Tobe Hooper

#14. People could say things about Owen. They could. But they don't. We don't. Words are strong. The strongest. Worse than bruises on

Emma Hooper

#15. 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

#16. Holland seems like a quaint toy.

Marian Hooper Adams

#17. Go do whatever, wherever. Go do it alone, and now, because you want to and you're allowed to and you can.

Emma Hooper

#18. about you?" Thomas nodded, "I have three names, Mr. McGuire, Thomas Charles Hooper." James smiled back, "That's fine. How old might you be, Thomas?" "I'm seven." "Seven, boy? You're older than we thought," Captain McGuire smiled through the half-truth. "And, where are you from?" Thomas

C. T. Marshall

#19. Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they go, 'What about the week before?' They immediately worry.

Tom Hooper

#20. Every soul is a story shelved away in an infinite library in the sky.

Karen Amanda Hooper

#21. I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we're completely living in it.

Tom Hooper

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

Tom Hooper

#23. Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.

Tom Hooper

#24. We have to use our freedoms and privileges to see what respite we can give to those less equipped to deal with their challenges.

Chloe Hooper

#25. I know what I don't want. I don't want to live through somebody else. To do what others expect me to do, be what they think I should be. I have to make my own choices, my own decisions. I have to control my own life, at least as much as any of us can

Kay Hooper

#26. I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing.

Tom Hooper

#27. Tom Hooper had done 'John Adams,' and David Lynch did 'Twin Peaks.' I figured I could do eight hours of television, and I wanted to.

Cary Fukunaga

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

Tom Hooper

#29. Sex is a sacred act which sadly, over the past few decades, has been demeaned and demoralized until it means almost nothing to most people. Veray few still appreciate the emotional and spiritual connection that can and should take place when two bodies and souls are joined together.

Karen Amanda Hooper

#30. There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear.

Peter Benchley

#31. Films about the English monarchy, they tend to have a lavishness, sumptuous imagery, it's all very posh and rich.

Tom Hooper

#32. Time doesn't heal all, no matter what they say. And tragedies don't make you stronger. That's another popular lie. They just make you more hardened, less surprised by misfortune.

Kim Hooper

#33. I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

Tom Hooper

#34. Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekends.

Tom Hooper