“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.” PeopleWayNeedsLooksKidsInterestWifeSocialismCommunismOperationsVotingHealthcareBraces Author:Paul Haggis
“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.” TryingWellsLooksHardEnoughStoriesRealityInterestingFictionPiecesThings To DoGood StorySmall PiecesInteresting Stories Author:Paul Haggis
“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.” WantLooksHeardHonorToughDemocratPhrases 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
“We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.” ThinkingWayWritingLooksRealCharacterKeysJudgmentTendencies Author:Paul Haggis
