Actors Quotes by Paul Haggis

9 Actors quotes by Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis’ nine reflections offer a succinct window into his philosophy of performance. Though short, the set captures the essence of his storytelling instincts.

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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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It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.

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I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To…

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I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things…

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You'd be surprised how many writers, or how many actors, if they miss a paycheck or two, they've got nothing. As a…

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You hear this story that we're all on the left, but when there's a demonstration, you count how many actors actually come…

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I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To…

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The radical rightwing pegs Hollywood as a leftist town, which is completely wrong. There are a lot of actors, writers, and directors…

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All the studios are owned by multinational corporations, which are not usually bastions of the left. So all the actors, writers, and…

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We crash into each other just so we can feel something

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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…

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There's nothing more painful than writing.

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I'm such an antsy type of person. I can't write in a room without other people around. I write in coffee shops.

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Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced,…

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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…

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'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…

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Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

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