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.
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 HaggisUsually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'
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