A biography for Taylor Hackfordhasn’t been written yet.
“It's much easier to work with an unknown.”
“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.”
“Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.”
“Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.”
“I try to get the best performance an actor can give.”
“We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.”
“The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.”
“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.”