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.
Paul HaggisUsually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'
Paul HaggisWhen I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.
Paul HaggisRight after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.
Paul HaggisIndependent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like being able to tell a story the way I want to tell a story. I don't like developing it with a team. I like coming to a story and deciding whether I want to do it or not.
Paul Haggis