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Paul Haggis Quotes

Canadian - Director | March 10, 1953 -

I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me.

Me Questions Trouble Write Answers

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

Writing Lose Interest Very Uneasy

I miss my mother very, very much.

Mother Miss Much Very

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

Travel Plan May Rule General Oscars

We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.

Feel You Go Comfortable Judging Oh

We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets.

Bond Trying Reinvent Gadgets He

I loved American filmmakers when I was growing up. I didn't get to film school or anything. I was a very bad student. I just devoured film, but there was a point in my teens when I started to run a little film society.

School Growing Up Society Loved Bad

I don't know how much credit I can take for 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' because I only worked on it for three weeks. I re-wrote the pilot, and then my name was on it forever.

Texas Name Credit I Can Know Three

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 and mimes playing tennis. What?

Me Body Cinema Dead Mean Tennis

I just figure if you have a modicum of celebrity, you need to use it, and you need to use it for more things than just promoting yourself or your film or your image or your product.

Yourself You Celebrity Need Image

I wrote an episode for 'thirtysomething,' and a producer said, 'That's really good, but what is it about? What does it say about you? What questions are you asking yourself?' I had never thought about that. This comment changed who I was, because it made me look at my own soul, the dark corners in my soul, and accept that dark side.

Good Soul Yourself Me Thought Look

'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 and saw terrible things in myself. I saw a black director completely humiliated, but the three people around me just thought it was funny. 'No,' I said, 'that is selling your soul.'

Funny Myself Experience Soul People

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