Hackford Film Quotes & Sayings

When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again. — Taylor Hackford

Everything in life is a metaphor. — Haruki Murakami

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

You're back and forth with me, with your actions, with your emotions. You act like you don't remember me, then spring on me that you do. You flirt with me and then you stop on a dime. You kiss me and then you pull away as soon as I touch you. You're mad then you're not." I don't stop to take a breath or let him speak before finally raising the hand he's holding and letting it go. "You're holding my hand, then . . ." I trail off, not sure of how to finish that thought. Tearing my gaze from his, I try to rein in my emotions, to wipe the flustered girl up off the floor. — Kim Karr

I need therapy after writing. It's like leaking blood from a stone. It's brutally difficult but worth it. — Feist

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films. — Taylor Hackford

I am not used to hating. Hate sits heavy on my heart. It reeks. I can smell it rotting my insides and I taste it on my tongue. — Kopano Matlwa

We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere. — Troy Polamalu

In a world of iPads and emails, nothing has really changed in the theatre. You still get in an hour early, do your wardrobe, put an old pair of tights under your wig, and you have, 'This is your call, Miss Jensen'. I got exhilarated by that. — Ashley Jensen

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

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego. — Taylor Hackford

Better to join a ghost than to be haunted by them. Better no life than an empty one- — Hugh Howey

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