“A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.”

So fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.

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.

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

I’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine.

The films that I do tend to polarise people’s views.

I’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.

I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

I’m always afraid someone’s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, ‘Back to North London’.

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.

Your journey is far from being done. Keep moving forward and evolving to the person you are becoming.⁠

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

L.E.A.D.E.R. – Learning, Evolving, Adversity, Determined, Everyday, Respect.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.