When I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.
Paul HaggisWe 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.
Paul HaggisYou don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.
Paul HaggisIf 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.
Paul Haggis