A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
ALAN PARKERSo fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.
More Alan Parker Quotes
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Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route.
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Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine.
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This seems quite good, a bit familiar.’ Then I realise … It’s one of my movies. It’s a pretty odd feeling.
ALAN PARKERThis seems quite good, a bit familiar.’ Then I realise … It’s one of my movies. It’s a pretty odd feeling.
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I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.
ALAN PARKERI always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.
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Have a go. Anybody can do it.
ALAN PARKERHave a go. Anybody can do it.
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Film-making is a physically hard job.
ALAN PARKERFilm-making is a physically hard job.
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Ive never actually watched another director work.
ALAN PARKERIve never actually watched another director work.
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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 PARKERIf 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.
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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’.
ALAN PARKERI’m always afraid someone’s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, ‘Back to North London’.
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Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
ALAN PARKERPeriod recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
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Making 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.
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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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I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
ALAN PARKERI turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
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Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
ALAN PARKERPersonally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
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I’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
ALAN PARKERI’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
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