Author Profile
Taylor Hackford
1944 • American • Director
31
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 31 quotesBecause 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
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
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
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
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
It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.— Taylor Hackford
Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.— Taylor Hackford
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
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.— Taylor Hackford
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
Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.— Taylor Hackford