“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.” IfsTryingBasesUntrustworthy Author:Paul Haggis
“If you believe in someone enough, and you just don't stop believing in them, mo matter what, no matter how much they push you away, and no matter how often they prove they're only there to use you.” IfsBelieveMatterEnoughUseProveIf You BelieveDon't Stop Believing 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
“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
“This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.” IfsMenWarEnoughNextFaults Author:Paul Haggis
“If you change the right mind, then that person can perhaps change the world.” IfsWorldMindPersonsChanging The World Author:Paul Haggis
“Walk through Santa Monica and try to find somebody who knows a young man or woman who's in this war. Here, war is an intellectual concept. If you lose your son or daughter, it's no longer an intellectual matter.” IfsKnowsMenTryingWarMatterYoungLosesWalksSonIntellectualDaughterConceptsYoung ManSantaYour SonMonicaSanta Monica Author:Paul Haggis
“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.” IfsLongWarEndsRememberCarDrivingMagazinesArticlesFlagsLong Ago 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
“If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.” IfsDreamFightingMagicBattleBoxingEnduranceCrackedDetachedRibsKidneysFighting Battles Author:Paul Haggis
