I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
Taylor HackfordRussell Crowe is very difficult, but it's worth it. He's the real thing. I can tell you this. Russell Crowe was just as difficult before he was an international star as he was afterwards.
Taylor HackfordI make films about working class people. All my films have always been about that. For example, the brothel is a workplace. It's aberrant, but a workplace nonetheless. I was more interested as opposed to glamorizing and saying, oh, this is a great erotic place, it's a place of business. The commodity is sex.
Taylor HackfordI also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
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