Alan Parker on make
Alan Parker23 quotes“Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.”
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It doesn’t matter what the technology is – no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker So fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker If you’d been where I’d been… if you’d seen the things I’d seen!… you… you’d be me… Or someone following me around.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker Have a go. Anybody can do it.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker I’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker The films that I do tend to polarise people’s views.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker I’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker Film-making is a physically hard job.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
Alan ParkerAlan Parker
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Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
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Alan LewisAlan Lewis I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the last.
Alan PalomoAlan Palomo You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to.
Alan PardewAlan Pardew Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
Alan JacksonAlan Jackson I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
Alan JacksonAlan Jackson In all planning you make a list and you set priorities.
Alan LakeinAlan Lakein The second squirms and wriggles like a bluefish in a bay. The first is unyielding, predetermined. The second makes up its mind as it goes along.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman “It’s not where you got it from, it’s where you take it.” To me, that’s just an integral part of why I even bother making music.
Alan PalomoAlan Palomo