Have a go. Anybody can do it.
ALAN PARKERHave a go. Anybody can do it.
ALAN PARKERIt doesn’t matter what the technology is – no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.
ALAN PARKERA lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
ALAN PARKERI turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
ALAN PARKERSo fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.
ALAN PARKERPersonally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
ALAN PARKERI’ve had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
ALAN PARKERMaking a film is so hard that if you don’t have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.
ALAN PARKERPeriod recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
ALAN PARKERMost directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
ALAN PARKERA Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
ALAN PARKERI always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.
ALAN PARKERI’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
ALAN PARKERI was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
ALAN PARKERIve never actually watched another director work.
ALAN PARKERThe films that I do tend to polarise people’s views.
ALAN PARKER