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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

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Paul Haggis
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 10
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London
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Paul Edward Haggis
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The wrong one will start saying things like withdraw with honor. We've heard phrases like that before, and they led to thousands and thousands of deaths. Democrats always want to look tough.
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What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.
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I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me.
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I’m a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.
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We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets.
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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.
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If you're in a relationship and you try to trust somebody who's completely untrustworthy, when trust is the basis of any relationship and everyone else says not to trust, is love transformative.
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We are manipulated by fear and the fear of others, and how we're often manipulated into doing things and voting in ways that are against our own best interest. Look at healthcare. People will tell you that healthcare is socialism and communism, and they're doing this while their wife needs an operation and their kid needs braces.
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I optioned the magazine article. That was end of 2003. It was a time when the war was incredibly popular here and everyone was driving around with flags on their car, if you remember not too long ago.
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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 like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.
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The radical rightwing pegs Hollywood as a leftist town, which is completely wrong. There are a lot of actors, writers, and directors who talk a liberal agenda... but all the studio bosses, for as long as there have been studios, have all been as far rightwing as you can possibly imagine.
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I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece of fiction or it's a small piece of reality. I just look for good story.
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We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.
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I miss my mother very, very much.
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I just want to thank people who take big risks in their daily lives when there aren't cameras rolling. I want to dedicate this award to people who stand up for peace and against injustice and intolerance.
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