Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggisis a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners, 2004's Million Dollar Baby and 2005's Crash, the latter of which he also directed...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth10 March 1953
CityLondon, Canada
CountryCanada
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As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.
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I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.
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I knew if we did it right it would get under people's skin, and they would react one way or the other. So it doesn't bother me when people say they hate it for this reason or that. It got to them, it made them look at something they would rather not have looked at, so the movie succeeded, at least for me.
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I'm really thrilled to be doing this. This is something Bobby and I have been passionate about doing for a while.
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These films aren't liberal films. Since when is freedom of speech and the independence of the fourth estate a liberal issue? All these films are truly American. They're not taking one stand or another. They're asking questions, not painting billboards.
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This is my first time back to the Kodak Theatre since March 5 and I couldn't be prouder to be with all of you.
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You can't be afraid to disagree with everybody. You have to be very comfortable.
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I'd only seen him as the hero or the foppish best friend - so I felt predisposed to like him. On the other hand, Granger's character is not particularly attractive at all - 1950s film heroes were supposed to be strong and confident, yet here is this rather tediously weak man, who allows himself to be pushed around by women.
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United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.