#ny

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#audiences #comedies #commented #ending #fact

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#goes #i #i think #many #people

My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#against #any #childhood #crouch #dad

Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.' ↗

— Tom Hooper

#australian #called #came #english #friends

What I learned about stammering was that, when as a young child you lose the confidence of anyone who wants to listen to you, you lose confidence in your voice and the right to speech. And a lot of the therapy was saying, 'You have a right to be heard.' ↗

— Tom Hooper

#anyone #child #confidence #heard #i

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#deny #economic #economic system #fundamental #impressive

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#besides #claus #dark #go #good

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#any #exclusive #honor #party #political

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#any #final #land #nearer #other

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#concluded #differs #every #every man #extensive