Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggisis a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners, 2004's Million Dollar Baby and 2005's Crash, the latter of which he also directed...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth10 March 1953
CityLondon, Canada
CountryCanada
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I can't imagine anyone else in that role now.
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These films aren't liberal films. Since when is freedom of speech and the independence of the fourth estate a liberal issue? All these films are truly American. They're not taking one stand or another. They're asking questions, not painting billboards.
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My questions were all about things that bothered me personally. I wanted to explore how good people can do bad things.
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As a filmmaker, it's a great thing to feel you've really affected them, one way or another. I'd much rather have that than have someone say, 'Nice film, man.' That's a stake through your heart.
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I was hoping to do something to twist people's point of view just a tiny bit, to make them look at things just a hair differently.
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When you finish a movie like that, you?re so raw.
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You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the theater for the 'In the Valley of Elah.' I knew they might not want to see it, but I still had to the movie; I felt very strongly about it. Wanting to keep telling a good story is what you want to do, a compelling story.
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Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.
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Even in a comedy, you have to make people feel. You have to put your hand inside their soul and twist out their heart.
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I don't pay much attention to the press. My films always get good reviews and bad reviews. I just try to make the best film I can.
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The wonderful thing about Clint is you can never second guess how he is going to react to anything.
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You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.
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A lot of films made me love the movies, everything from Hitchcock to Godard. But the ones that really grabbed me were Costa-Gavras's films like 'Z' and 'State of Siege.'
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I just asked myself, what piece of that man's soul did he just chew off and swallow to get next week's assignment? You know, just to live, just to work as an artist, or to feed the family?