64 Quotes by Taylor Hackford

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that.