Catherine Hardwicke

When I talk to film students, I always say, 'Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes,' because that's such a great learning tool. ”

For a film, when you condense, you don't want to keep going back to the same setting over and over. ”

People are nervous about their kids, and they're worried about the disintegration of families and the type of media culture they're living in. ”

If you decide to tell a kid that looks don't matter, she can prove you wrong every day. Because they see it everywhere. That is age-old, going back to the Greeks, but now we're bombarded nonstop. ”

There's so many versions of 'Red Riding Hood.' It goes back 700 years. ”

There are some moments where you're so depressed, you cannot see the way, and you're like, 'Whatever. Bite me.' I think all directors feel that way sometimes. ”

You're fearless when you're a kid. ”

Kids have to experiment a little or figure out where they belong. ”

How do you fight when you're trying to pull somebody's arms off or twist their head off? That makes for a different kind of fight. ”

Obviously, 'Twilight' had its own alchemy that was amazing, just phenomenal. Nobody thought it was going to make any money. Paramount wouldn't make the movie. Fox wouldn't make it. Nobody wanted to do it. ”