“I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.” ThinkingWritingTryingDoneActorsDisservice Author:Paul Haggis
“It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.” TurnsActorsGood ActorsBelievable Author:Paul Haggis
“I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.” ThinkingJobsActorsEasyToughCamerasBraveVulnerable Author:Paul Haggis
“You'd be surprised how many writers, or how many actors, if they miss a paycheck or two, they've got nothing. As a writer or an actor you can have four or five jobs in one year and then have none for two years.” IfsYearsTwoJobsActorsFiveFourMissingTwo YearsPaychecks Author:Paul Haggis
“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.” LongHas BeensActorsImagineDirectorsHollywoodTownsStudiosRadicalAgendasBossLeftistsPeg Author:Paul Haggis
“All the studios are owned by multinational corporations, which are not usually bastions of the left. So all the actors, writers, and directors - or at least a great majority of them - live in fear because we're all insecure, we all want that next job, we all want to be loved, and we don't want to piss off some studio chief who won't hire us for the next movie.” WantJobsNextActorsLeftDirectorsMajorityStudiosChiefsCorporationsInsecureMultinationalsMultinational Corporations Author:Paul Haggis
“You hear this story that we're all on the left, but when there's a demonstration, you count how many actors actually come out. If there's a half dozen, that would be a big day.” IfsStoriesBigsWould BeActorsLeftHalfDozenDemonstration Author:Paul Haggis
