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Hell, the first thing you've got to do if you're going to make a picture is to get a story. The next thing is to get a good script, the next thing is to figure out who the hell is going to play in it, your characters, and then after that to make it.

Howard Hawks

I don't think plot as a plot means much today. I'd say that everybody has seen every plot twenty times. What they haven't seen is characters and their relation to one another. I don't worry much about plot anymore.

Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks

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Born: May 30, 1896

Died: December 26, 1977 (aged 81)

Bio: Howard Winchester Hawks was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name."

Known for:

Rio Bravo (1959)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Scarface (1932)
His Girl Friday (1940)

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