I wanted to do a political film that is as nonpartisan as can be, because I wanted to do a story that… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I like it when an actor is secure enough to ask questions, and the director is secure enough not to be threatened… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
My one guiding rule for success in the film world would be, be careful of your friends. — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
A lot of films made me love the movies, everything from Hitchcock to Godard. But the ones that really grabbed me were… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I don't know if 'Crash' is a good movie or not because I didn't set out to make a movie. Really, what… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I don't pay much attention to the press. My films always get good reviews and bad reviews. I just try to make… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I loved American filmmakers when I was growing up. I didn't get to film school or anything. I was a very bad… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I just figure if you have a modicum of celebrity, you need to use it, and you need to use it for… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I really wanted to make a nonpolitical political film. I wanted something that folks in red states and blue states could look… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
Film is an emotional medium; it's not a logical medium. It's not an intellectual medium, so every decision you make as a… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do to a filmmaker is to walk out of his film and go, 'That was a nice… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
If you make a film and then two and a half, three years later, suddenly the country's changed and you look like… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
There's something that's so basically corrupt about any system in which a good and fair profit is not enough. There has to be more,… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
In 'The Next Three Days,' even though it was a prison breakout movie, I was asking myself, 'What would I do? How far would… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
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… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
The great majority of Scientologists I know are good people who are genuinely interested in improving conditions on this planet and helping others. — Paul Haggis Copy Share
I'm a filmmaker, and I was most influenced by Hitchcock's films. How he could plant such deep enriched characters and then make us care… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
I found two true stories. One was in 2003. One was the beginning of 2004. I decided to meld them. Richard Davis' story which… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
I'm such an antsy type of person. I can't write in a room without other people around. I write in coffee shops. — Paul Haggis Copy Share
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… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced,… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
When I discovered European filmmakers, it affected me so deeply. It redefined what cinema could be. I mean, 'Blow-Up' ends with a dead body… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
'Crash' came from personal experience. I saw things inside me from living in L.A. that made me uncomfortable. I saw horrible things in people… — Paul Haggis Copy Share
Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly. — Paul Haggis Copy Share
