Stephen Hopkins

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#face #farm #had #i #into

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#being #editing #emotional #emotional life #i

24 isn't like other shows, where you set the look once and you're done. The show started at midnight, then moved to a pre-dawn look, and now we're at dawn and we're warming up the day. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#day #done #like #look #midnight

Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought sound could help with the storytelling. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#complicated #could #fast #going #help

Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#dark #exist #i #i think #impulses

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#choices #each #environment #feel #going

Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#bad guys #everyone #going #good #guys

I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#all things #allure #around #blew #done

I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#emotional #film #i #make #sophisticated

I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#been #bit #done #freak #i