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Neil Jordan Quotes

It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.
Neil Jordan

Biography

Author Profession: Director
Nationality: Irish
Born: February 25, 1950

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And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.
Neil Jordan

Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.
Neil Jordan

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
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I do enjoy working with writers.
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I took two years away from making films to write a novel.
Neil Jordan

I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well.
Neil Jordan

It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit, pleasurable environment, like what you see outside there, to a very dark place. But the opposite journey, which is what this movie takes, is much more complicated.
Neil Jordan

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