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The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941. -- Gene Tierney
I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures. -- Martin Scorsese
Howard Hughes was obsessed with me. But at first it seemed as if he were offering me a superb career opportunity. -- Jane Greer
After a year or so I really thought I was Howard Hughes. Here I was at eighteen years old, getting all these checks. -- Michael J. Fox
Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was. -- Martin Scorsese
They held up 'The Outlaw' for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years. -- Jane Russell
Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it. -- Ted Morgan
I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak. -- Martin Scorsese
Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone. -- Esther Williams
Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play about Howard Hughes, I could have him give a monologue about how he's terrified to touch a doorknob. But on screen, you know, working with Marty Scorsese in 'The Aviator,' that became the series of images that told a story. -- John Logan
It is tragic that Howard Hughes had to die to prove that he was alive. -- Walter Keane
My life with Howard Hughes was and shall remain a matter on which I will have no comment. -- Jean Peters
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[Howard Hughes ] approached filmmaking like he approached all of his inventiveness - it gave him an opportunity to make a name for himself in the world. -- Alden Ehrenreich
Do you know what writing a book is? It's sitting alone in a room for weeks without making contact with another human. I felt like Howard Hughes. -- Jon Stewart
I've been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You have like, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas GhesquiÃ¨re, Anna Wintour, David Stern. -- Kanye West
Howard Hughes innovation was in the aviation field. His designs and spirit of experimentation was at the forefront. As far as his work as film producer, he certainly went after a bigger and more ambitious kind of filmmaking, even if he wasn't necessarily a cinema artist. -- Alden Ehrenreich

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