Top 53 Quotes by Paul Haggis

About Paul Haggis

These are some quotes by Canadian author Paul Haggis Director, who was born on March 10, 1953.

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

I was trying to talk about where we are right now as a society, and talk about the fear we all live in, and certainly since 9-11, how it's affected us and the world.

I was trying to talk about where we are right now as a society, and talk about the fear we all live in, and certainly since 9-11, how it's affected us and the world.

Paul Haggis

I have so many questions about love. How do you win at it? Especially if you're in a relationship with an impossible person? What if you believe in someone who's completely untrustworthy, who at their core can't even believe in themselves?

Paul Haggis

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

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

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

Paul Haggis

'Crash' was incredibly personal to me. So was 'In the Valley of Elah.' There were things in 'The Next Three Days' that were questions I was asking myself but couldn't answer, like how far would you go for love? Can you believe in somebody who can't even believe in themselves? But this is highly personal.

Paul Haggis

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

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

When I discovered European filmmakers, it affected me so deeply. It redefined what cinema could be. I mean, 'Blow-Up' ends with a dead body and mimes playing tennis. What?

When I discovered European filmmakers, it affected me so deeply. It redefined what cinema could be. I mean, 'Blow-Up' ends with a dead body and mimes playing tennis. What?

Paul Haggis

I moved to Hollywood when I was 22. I was married. I had a kid right away. And I had worked as a furniture mover amongst various other jobs, and I'd work eight, ten hours a day to support my family - and I'd come home and write for two hours a night or two and a half, or three hours a night.

Paul Haggis

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