Stephen Hopkins quotes:

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.

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

We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.

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

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

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.

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.

If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well.

There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.

I believe there's a landscape that exists underneath everything that we can see in present-day stuff. And I think that makes life kind of a detective story.

My hand trembles, my heart does not.

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

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

There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.

I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.

I've never seen, heard, nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn't be talked about. Hell yes, I'm for debating anything!