Taylor Hackford Quotes

It's much easier to work with an unknown.

When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.

It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.

If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.

I try to get the best performance an actor can give.

I make films about working class people.

We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.

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

I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.

You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.

Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.

An actor has to embody a role.

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

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

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

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.

Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

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

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

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