Director of Twilight, Catherine Hardwicke was honored At The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards. Among many honorable mentions, she received the Ann Richards Award for her contributions in film making and for making it in the mostly male-dominated Hollywood Industry.
Here's a bit of the interview:
American-Statesman: You studied architecture at The University of Texas. How did you transition from that to filmmaking?
Catherine Hardwicke: I’d done this crazy [senior] project … just very hilarious, theatrical and elaborate. … At the end of my presentation, none of the teachers or faculty said anything. Their jaws just dropped, and they just moved on to the next person. About a week later, one of the visiting critics came up and said, “You know what? I’ve been thinking about you, and you shouldn’t be in architecture. Architecture is not going to encourage your kind of creativity. You should find something else.” [Laughs]
What is the story behind your decision not to direct ‘New Moon’ (the follow-up to ‘Twilight’)?
If I felt like it was right, if the schedule worked right and the way the studio wanted to do the next one felt right for me, then I wanted to do it. And, if not, I didn’t want to. I’d have had like 10? weeks to prepare the movie. I didn’t think the script was there, and it wasn’t ready. I wanted the second one to be better than the first one. I wanted more time to at least think about it and dream about how to step it up to the next level.
There ya have it! Hardwicke's contribution to the Twilight Saga may not leave her alone just yet...
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