159 Quotes by Paul Haggis

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, ‘What’s the worst thing that could happen to this character?’

I don’t think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

I don’t think it’s the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.

When we’re threatened, it’s very easy to appeal to our basic natures.

I just want to thank people who take big risks in their daily lives when there aren’t cameras rolling. I want to dedicate this award to people who stand up for peace and against injustice and intolerance.

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 be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

It takes me awhile to find something that I’m passionate about. I’m reading a lot and thinking a lot, and torturing myself a lot because I’m feeling really guilty for not writing something today.

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don’t know Clint Eastwood.

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, every year, every quarter, because your stock price has to rise.