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 PARKERA lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
More Alan Parker Quotes
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I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.
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Have a go. Anybody can do it.
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I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
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Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route.
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I’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
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A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
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I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
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It doesn’t matter what the technology is – no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.
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I’m always afraid someone’s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, ‘Back to North London’.
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I’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
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Film-making is a physically hard job.
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A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
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Ive never actually watched another director work.
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Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine.
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Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
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