Walter Hill quotes

Walter Hill is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, acclaimed for his work in the action and thriller genres. His innovative style contributed to iconic films such as "The Warriors," "48 Hrs.," and "Streets of Fire." He continues to influence contemporary cinema with his gritty storytelling and dynamic direction. Here are 30 of his quotes:

I tend not to look back. It's confusing. (Walter Hill)
You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences. View quote
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I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work. View quote
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I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies. View quote
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I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder time than what I did making Southern Comfort. View quote
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I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan. View quote
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I always say the next one is my favorite. View quote
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Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true. View quote
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I get a great high from writing. View quote
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall. View quote
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Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility. (Walter Hill)
I think the problem with the cinema currently is that so much of the money that goes movies that offer a certain kind of repetition. View quote
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Action movies to me are dramas with recognizable human beings that are in extraordinary situations. View quote
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The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers. View quote
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I always loved comic books and I'm still a great fan of the graphic novel. View quote
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I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie. View quote
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Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor. View quote
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I never do, I don't even go to the retrospectives. View quote
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Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it. View quote
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It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the story, about the situation. View quote
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Well, we're in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevitably it means taking what it is that you've done and hopefully you're showing it to a lot of people who like it. (Walter Hill)
I don't much like looking back. View quote
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I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago. View quote
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I've always wanted to do a boxing movie. View quote
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If I could go back I might change Geronimo a bit. If I do, it will be made a longer version. View quote
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Walter Hill

Walter Hill - Image
Photo: Harald Bischoff, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Director
Born: January 10, 1942
Quotes count: 30

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