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
political tragedy stories
I wanted to do a political film that is as nonpartisan as can be, because I wanted to do a story that was American. I wanted to tell an American tragedy.
actors half dozen
You hear this story that we're all on the left, but when there's a demonstration, you count how many actors actually come out. If there's a half dozen, that would be a big day.
pride thinking blindness
We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.
war men faults
This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.
honor phrases want
The wrong one will start saying things like "withdraw with honor." We've heard phrases like that before, and they led to thousands and thousands of deaths. Democrats always want to look tough...
ready audience
You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.
daughter war son
Walk through Santa Monica and try to find somebody who knows a young man or woman who's in this war. Here, war is an intellectual concept. If you lose your son or daughter, it's no longer an intellectual matter.
easy appeals threatened
When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures.
war iraq answers
Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.
years love-and-relationship knows
Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.
answers audience
I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.
advice be-careful careful
You have to be careful of the advice you take.
writing thinking trying
I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.
actors turns good-actors
It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.