Compilation of interviews with Hawks by the author over several years. It was interesting to hear his take on various actors like John Wayne, Dean Martin, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, etc. as well as how some scenes in his films came about. ( )

A short read, much easier to read than Truffaut's book on Hitchcock, but in the same mold - interviews with the director on such subjects as John Wayne, John Ford, critics, storytelling. Hawks apparently was an anti-intellectual intellectual and had not much time for analysis of his gifts, nor of film nor acting. He was much more concerned with getting good work done and having fun while doing so. ( )