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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
Taylor Hackford
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Taylor Hackford
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: December 31
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Santa Barbara
California
Taylor Edwin Hackford
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
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Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.
Taylor Hackford
Russell Crowe is very difficult, but it's worth it. He's the real thing. I can tell you this. Russell Crowe was just as difficult before he was an international star as he was afterwards.
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I make films about working class people.
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It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson they all had a certain look.
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Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.
Taylor Hackford
When Ray Charles is concentrating he's like a piece of granite, nothing twitches, nothing, ... He sat for 25 minutes solid like that, like a stone, and I thought, 'Oh my God, if he doesn't like it I'm dead.' ... And then finally, after 25 minutes he started to talk back to the screen. I heard him say 'That's right. That's the truth.' .
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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.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
Taylor Hackford
As a filmmaker, no is not in my vocabulary. I've got to figure out a way.
Taylor Hackford
We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.
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I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
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Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.
Taylor Hackford
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
Taylor Hackford
It's much easier to work with an unknown.
Taylor Hackford
My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.
Taylor Hackford
This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.
Taylor Hackford
I love actors and I understand what has to happen within a scene. Any scene is an acting scene and actors never act alone, so there has to be an interchange. If it's a dialog scene, if it's a love scene, it doesn't matter because you need to establish a situation.
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