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Paul Haggis Quotes

Canadian - Director | March 10, 1953 -

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

Time You Celebrity Hard See Deal

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

Coffee People Person Write Room

I like it when an actor is secure enough to ask questions, and the director is secure enough not to be threatened by that.

Questions Enough Actor Ask Director

Film is an emotional medium; it's not a logical medium. It's not an intellectual medium, so every decision you make as a filmmaker and an actor has to be emotional in some way, even in the rejection of logic.

Decision Logic Rejection You Way

Irish and Italian are my two favourite people.

People Irish Two Italian Favourite

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 both about the antagonist and protagonist was masterful.

Deep Care Plant Filmmaker Us Most

You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the theater for the 'In the Valley of Elah.' I knew they might not want to see it, but I still had to the movie; I felt very strongly about it. Wanting to keep telling a good story is what you want to do, a compelling story.

Good People Story Plan You Run

I don't know if 'Crash' is a good movie or not because I didn't set out to make a movie. Really, what I wanted to do is more of a social experiment.

Good Know More Good Movie Out Set

I thought 'The King's Speech' was great.

Great King Thought Speech

I have never pretended to be the best Scientologist, but I openly and vigorously defended the church whenever it was criticized, as I railed against the kind of intolerance that I believed was directed against it. I had my disagreements, but I dealt with them internally.

Best Church Kind Never Dealt Them

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 to fight, or to go yourself. So often, we are lied to and manipulated by our governments for their own very cynical reasons.

Good Son Daughter Yourself Fight Go

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

Questions You Ready Audience Gut

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