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Catherine Hardwicke
American
Director
Born:
Oct 21
,
1955
Every
Love
Me
People
Think
You
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Being in construction my whole life - I was trained as an architect - I always had to work with guys. And I always did my homework and then challenged them to figure it out faster than me. They don't want to be shown up by a woman.
Catherine Hardwicke
Life
Work
Me
Woman
Construction
Homework
Faster
Out
Architect
Guys
Had
Always
Up
Trained
Than
Did
Being
Want
Them
Then
Figure
Whole
Shown
Challenged
I had a bunch of other projects that I worked really hard on after 'Twilight,' and the magic just didn't hit.
Catherine Hardwicke
Other
Projects
Magic
Had
Bunch
Hit
Just
After
Worked
Really
Hard
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer said she's ready to move on from 'Twilight,' but you never know.
Catherine Hardwicke
You
Move On
Never
Know
She
Ready
Said
Move
Twilight
Sheep are just psychotic.
Catherine Hardwicke
Sheep
Just
Psychotic
As you study vampire legend throughout history, it goes back to almost every culture. South Africa, Indonesia, crazy places have that legend and that idea of immortality.
Catherine Hardwicke
Crazy
History
You
Culture
South Africa
Legend
Every
Back
Vampire
Immortality
Throughout
Almost
Study
Idea
Indonesia
South
Goes
Africa
Places
There's so many versions of 'Red Riding Hood.' It goes back 700 years.
Catherine Hardwicke
Back
Hood
Red
Years
Versions
Goes
Many
Riding
Nowadays, to get a movie greenlit, you have to make an incredible effort.
Catherine Hardwicke
You
Nowadays
Incredible
Make
Effort
Get
Movie
My first movie, 'Thirteen,' and it was very real - almost too real. It was very gritty, with raw human emotion. I'd love to do something like that again.
Catherine Hardwicke
Love
First
Gritty
Too
Something
Emotion
Raw
Almost
Like
Real
Very
Human
Movie
Again
Thirteen
I still like the idea of having an intimate experience with a movie, but I love watching stuff on my iPad. It's close, and I feel like I'm a part of it, so maybe that makes more sense in some cases.
Catherine Hardwicke
Love
Experience
Sense
Intimate
Some
Cases
Having
More
Part
Idea
Feel
Stuff
Like
Makes
Still
iPad
Close
Maybe
Movie
Watching
When I talk to film students, I always say, 'Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes,' because that's such a great learning tool.
Catherine Hardwicke
Buy
Great
Learning
Tool
Say
Great Learning
Students
Look
Talk
Because
Always
Making
Listen
Film
Sometimes, you don't realize that something is actually a sidetrack for the story, or it takes the tension out of a scene.
Catherine Hardwicke
You
Sometimes
Out
Something
Scene
Takes
Tension
Story
Realize
Actually
I don't like to watch a movie where it's just kind of like all one note, dee-dee-dee-dee. I want spikes of adrenaline and highs and lows and exciting tension release.
Catherine Hardwicke
Release
Kind
Adrenaline
Exciting
Tension
Highs
Like
Just
Where
Want
Movie
Just Kind
Note
Lows
Watch
Obviously, 'Twilight' had its own alchemy that was amazing, just phenomenal. Nobody thought it was going to make any money. Paramount wouldn't make the movie. Fox wouldn't make it. Nobody wanted to do it.
Catherine Hardwicke
Money
Amazing
Thought
Own
Paramount
Had
Nobody
Obviously
Make
Any
Going
Just
Movie
Wanted
Twilight
Fox
Phenomenal
Alchemy
I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.
Catherine Hardwicke
You
Creative
Age
Think
Stay
Open
Excited
Any
I respect all the teenagers I work with and feel that everything they have to say is just as valuable as anything I have to say.
Catherine Hardwicke
Work
Respect
Valuable
Teenagers
Everything
Say
Feel
Just
Anything
I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that child inside. I think when you get sedentary and set in your ways, you can lose a lot of that spontaneity and creativity. I hope I'm holding on to that.
Catherine Hardwicke
Hope
You
Creativity
Lose
Holding
Think
Ways
Sedentary
Inside
Spontaneity
Cliche
Lot
Up
Child
Get
Artists
Want
Holding On
Your
Grown
Grown-Up
Set
There are some moments where you're so depressed, you cannot see the way, and you're like, 'Whatever. Bite me.' I think all directors feel that way sometimes.
Catherine Hardwicke
Me
You
Sometimes
Whatever
Think
Way
Bite
See
Some
Directors
Feel
Like
Where
Cannot
Depressed
Moments
So many images are saying to girls, 'Show a lot of skin and look gorgeous and sexy.'
Catherine Hardwicke
Saying
Gorgeous
Girl
Skin
Sexy
Look
Lot
Show
Many
Images
I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.
Catherine Hardwicke
Time
Angry
Me
Men
Down
Meetings
Everyone
Somehow
More
Had
Like
Dug
Were
Where
Literally
Room
Shot
Even
The script for 'Thirteen' is tight, and not because of the now-famous six day writing spree, but more because it started out as 15 pages longer.
Catherine Hardwicke
Day
Writing
Out
More
Longer
Because
Tight
Six
Script
Pages
Started
Thirteen
You're fearless when you're a kid.
Catherine Hardwicke
You
Kid
Fearless
Of course I went and got 'Breaking Dawn' at midnight the night it came out and read it instantly. I was like, 'Yes!'
Catherine Hardwicke
Out
Dawn
Instantly
Like
Read
Course
Got
Came
Yes
Breaking
Midnight
Night
After 'Inconvenient Truth,' we hit a tipping point where almost everybody in America cares about the environment.
Catherine Hardwicke
Truth
Cares
Everybody
About
Point
Environment
Almost
Hit
America
Tipping
Where
After
Inconvenient
What does 'dating' mean? I don't know. I couldn't say.
Catherine Hardwicke
Say
Dating
Know
Does
Mean
You have a big success, and it's still not easy to make a movie.
Catherine Hardwicke
Success
You
Big
Easy
Make
Still
Big Success
Movie
As the director, you cannot control what people do after hours or in their trailers or on break. Why would you want to? But you can't.
Catherine Hardwicke
You
Director
People
Control
Would
Hours
Trailers
Want
After
Break
Cannot
Why
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