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Bill Forsyth Quotes

Type:
Director Quotes
Category:
Scottish Director Quotes
Year of Birth:
1946
Nationality:
Scottish
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Bill Forsyth

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At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.
Bill Forsyth

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.
Bill Forsyth

I don't really enjoy filming.
Bill Forsyth

I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.
Bill Forsyth

I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.
Bill Forsyth

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.
Bill Forsyth

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.
Bill Forsyth

It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.
Bill Forsyth

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.
Bill Forsyth

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
Bill Forsyth

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.
Bill Forsyth

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.
Bill Forsyth

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.
Bill Forsyth

There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.
Bill Forsyth



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