Tom Hooper

In ‘The King’s Speech,’ patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of…

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether…

I mean, we’ve all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out…

I think I would say ‘The King’s Speech’ is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences…

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films…

When I was growing up my mother would say, ‘Your dad may have to learn…

My dad said, ‘The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that…

The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television…

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally…

My films seem to be about men’s struggle with failure…

I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in…

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis…