“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
“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
“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
“What happens when these young men and women come home so scarred and so wounded? We are ignoring that fact. We're just shoving them under the carpet.” MenFactsHomeHappensYoungMen And WomenYoung ManComing HomeWoundedCarpet Author:Paul Haggis
“Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves and we aren't willing to put ourselves in the skin of those characters and women, I think, terrify us. We tend not to write women as human beings. It's cartoons we're making now. And that's a shame.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingHumansCharacterHuman BeingsWillingSkinsShameBoxesCartoon Author:Paul Haggis
