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Taylor Hackford
American
Director
About the author
This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Time
#Will
#Men
#Choice
#Winning
#Devil
#Mankind
Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Life
#Music
#Business
My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Film
#Writer
#Credit
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#American
#Music
#Beginning
Russell 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 Hackford,
American
Director
#Worth
Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#People
#Society
#Business
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Sense
#Job
#Attention
#Music
The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Devil
#Metaphor
We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Life
When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Film
You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Work
#Stars
#Care
It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Fighting
#Ego
#Choices
It's much easier to work with an unknown.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Work
The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Want
#People
#World
I make films about working class people.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#People
#Class
Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Performance
#Devil
And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#World
#Question
#Order
#Ego
Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Time
#People
#Saying
#Needs
#Culture
#Ego
But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Film
#People
#Being
#Writer
#Literary
But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Film
But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Sense
#Treatment
#Affirmation
I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Music
I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Talent
#Attitude
I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Actor
#Performance
I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Act
#Control
#Ego
#Confidence
If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#People
#Priorities
It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Film
An actor has to embody a role.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
#Actor
It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director
I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
Taylor Hackford,
American
Director