Tom Hooper

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.Tom Hooper

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.Tom Hooper

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

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.Tom Hooper

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.Tom Hooper

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.Tom Hooper

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

In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.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

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

The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.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'.Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper is a famous person, who was born on October 1, 1972. As a person born on this date, Tom Hooper is listed in our database as the 95th most popular celebrity for the day (October 1) and the 360th most popular for the year (1972).

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