Paul Haggis is not only an Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter, he’s also a man of deep conviction who has worked to improve the lives of some of the world’s poorest people by raising millions of dollars for Haiti.
Paul wrote the screenplay for the film “Million Dollar Baby,” which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2004, and he wrote and directed “Crash,” which won Best Picture in 2005. A supporter of marriage equality, Paul also famously left the Church of Scientology in 2009 after disagreeing with its support of Proposition 8, a California state amendment that asserted marriage should only be sanctioned “between a man and a woman.”
In this ONE ON ONE interview, Paul states his belief that fame must be used to bring attention to worthy causes.
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