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John Lee Hancock

American Writer

Born: Dec 15, 1956

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Every time you do a true story - and I've done a few - you have to look in the mirror and say, 'That's close enough. I'm comfortable with this.' You're always going to compress time; you're going to change the order of things. But I don't think you want to tell a big lie. You want to think that you're embracing the truth. John Lee Hancock

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Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. John Lee Hancock

Win Lose Every Someone Almost Also Going Movie Happens

I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted. John Lee Hancock

Anger Think Suppressing Always Wanted Cynicism Things

A good deed is a good deed. John Lee Hancock

Good Deed Good Deed

I really don't storyboard unless it's an action sequence of some kind, but I plan carefully. John Lee Hancock

Action Carefully Unless Kind Some Storyboard Plan Really Sequence

When you are older, you want to be around people you admire, even in their personal lives. John Lee Hancock

You People Older Admire Around Personal Want Personal Lives Even Lives

'Snow White and the Huntsman' was - I came in before they started shooting and basically worked on Charlize Theron's character for the most part. I guess I probably worked four or five weeks on that one and stayed during production a little bit with them. John Lee Hancock

Christian audiences, I think, have grown very tired of movies that try to pander to them. John Lee Hancock

Tired Try Christian Think Audiences Very Movies Them Grown

How many superhero movies can we have? It seems like there are 19 a week. They're making money, though, and people are going to see them. So, I get it. I understand completely. John Lee Hancock

People Money Though See Superhero Seems Week Like Understand How Making Making Money Get Going Movies Them Many

We have the word 'Mc' attached to so many things now, like 'McMansions.' It's become part of our vernacular as something on steroids almost, just bigger and bigger. I think, to a degree, studios have fallen prey to that as well. John Lee Hancock

Every generation comes upon the movie again, and then, invariably, the books have a spike in sales because people want to read more about Mary Poppins. John Lee Hancock

Generation People Every Books Spike About Invariably More Mary Mary Poppins Read Because Sales Want Movie Again Then

I grew up in Texas City, Texas. I didn't know anybody who was a director or whose parents or grandparents were directors. I met somebody from a nearby town one time whose father had been to the moon - it was far more likely to be an astronaut than it was to be a writer or a director. John Lee Hancock

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