I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer. — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about Clint is you can never second guess how he is going to react to anything. — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
In Scientology, in the Ethics Conditions, as you go down from Normal through Doubt, then you get to Enemy, and, finally, near… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
Even in a comedy, you have to make people feel. You have to put your hand inside their soul and twist out… — 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
For me, the most interesting people are ones who often work against their best interests. Bad choices. They go in directions where… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm against all wars, but you'd have to have a damn good reason to send your son or daughter… — 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
I wrote an episode for 'thirtysomething,' and a producer said, 'That's really good, but what is it about? What does it say… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I just asked myself, what piece of that man's soul did he just chew off and swallow to get next week's assignment?… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the… — 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
All my work is partly biographical. I mean, 'Crash' was absolutely that, absolutely. But you just wouldn't recognize me in most of… — 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
Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time. — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I have so many questions about love. How do you win at it? Especially if you're in a relationship with an impossible… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
'Crash' was incredibly personal to me. So was 'In the Valley of Elah.' There were things in 'The Next Three Days' that… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
