Taylor Hackford Quotes
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.
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.
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.
But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.
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.
Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
The score is always the wonderful icing. The score tells you the emotional content of the film. What the characters don't say, the music can say.
