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Paul Haggis quotes: What happens when these young men and women come home so scarred and so wounded? We are ignoring that fact. We're just shoving them under the carpet.

What happens when these young men and women come home so scarred and so wounded? We are ignoring that fact. We're just shoving them under the carpet.

Paul Haggis quotes: We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

Paul Haggis quotes: The great majority of Scientologists I know are good people who are genuinely interested in improving conditions on this planet and helping others.

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

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

Paul Haggis quotes: When I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.

When I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.

Paul Haggis quotes: Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

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

Paul Haggis quotes: As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.

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

Paul Haggis quotes: I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

Paul Haggis quotes: I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.

I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.

Paul Haggis quotes: What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.

What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.

Paul Haggis quotes: 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.

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.

Paul Haggis quotes: Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

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

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

Paul Haggis quotes: I don't pay much attention to the press. My films always get good reviews and bad reviews. I just try to make the best film I can.

I don't pay much attention to the press. My films always get good reviews and bad reviews. I just try to make the best film I can.

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

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

Paul Haggis quotes: My one guiding rule for success in the film world would be, be careful of your friends.

My one guiding rule for success in the film world would be, be careful of your friends.

Paul Haggis quotes: I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

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

Paul Haggis quotes: I'm a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.

I'm a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.

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

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

Paul Haggis quotes: Even in a comedy, you have to make people feel. You have to put your hand inside their soul and twist out their heart.

Even in a comedy, you have to make people feel. You have to put your hand inside their soul and twist out their heart.

Paul Haggis quotes: We never did just one take. Multiple takes. Many. I did a bunch. Sometimes I do one take. Sometimes I did 20.

We never did just one take. Multiple takes. Many. I did a bunch. Sometimes I do one take. Sometimes I did 20.

Paul Haggis quotes: You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.

You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.

Paul Haggis quotes: There's nothing more painful than writing.

There's nothing more painful than writing.

Paul Haggis quotes: We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.

We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.

Paul Haggis quotes: I miss my mother very, very much.

I miss my mother very, very much.

Paul Haggis quotes: You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.

You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.

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

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

Paul Haggis quotes: I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.

I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.

Paul Haggis quotes: You have to be careful of the advice you take.

You have to be careful of the advice you take.

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

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

Paul Haggis quotes: It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.

It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.

Paul Haggis quotes: Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.

Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.

Paul Haggis quotes: When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures.

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

Paul Haggis quotes: As artists, we have to be brave. If we aren't brave, we aren't artists.

As artists, we have to be brave. If we aren't brave, we aren't artists.

Paul Haggis quotes: Irish and Italian are my two favourite people.

Irish and Italian are my two favourite people.

Paul Haggis quotes: This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.

This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.

Paul Haggis quotes: There are very few guys like me. I make a lot of money. I didn't always ...

There are very few guys like me. I make a lot of money. I didn't always ...

Paul Haggis quotes: Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

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

Paul Haggis quotes: I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don't know why I couldn't.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don't know why I couldn't.

Paul Haggis quotes: If you change the right mind, then that person can perhaps change the world.

If you change the right mind, then that person can perhaps change the world.

Paul Haggis quotes: 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

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.

Paul Haggis quotes: I thought 'The King's Speech' was great.

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

Paul Haggis quotes: The wonderful thing about Clint is you can never second guess how he is going to react to anything.

The wonderful thing about Clint is you can never second guess how he is going to react to anything.

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

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 quotes: A creative person has to believe in the unseen and the untouched.

A creative person has to believe in the unseen and the untouched.