“Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'” CharacterHappensAsksWorstWorst Things Author:Paul Haggis
“If you make a film and then two and a half, three years later, suddenly the country's changed and you look like you just happened to hit it. I actually like being contrarian. I would have preferred to come out three years ago when everyone was disagreeing with me. But hopefully it asks a lot of questions about our responsibility in sending young men and women to war, especially a war that's so complex, where there's no right answer, where they're forced with impossible decisions every day.” IfsMenYearsLooksTwoWarCountryFilmYoungThreeAsksDecisionAnswersHalfResponsibilityImpossibleHappenedChangedLike YouMen And WomenYears AgoComplexesHopefullyYoung ManThree YearsRight Answers Author:Paul Haggis
“I really wanted to make a nonpolitical political film. I wanted something that folks in red states and blue states could look at and not ask if this is the right thing to do to be in this war, but what this war is doing to the fabric of our society.” IfsLooksWarStatesWantedFilmPoliticalAsksRedBlueFolksThings To DoRight ThingOur SocietyFabric Author:Paul Haggis
“I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.” ThinkingGivingJobsFilmAsksAnswersTheatreFilmmakerGood Films Author:Paul Haggis
