Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
ALAN PARKERMost directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
ALAN PARKERSo fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.
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.
ALAN PARKERIt doesn’t matter what the technology is – no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.
ALAN PARKERHave a go. Anybody can do it.
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 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 PARKERFilm-making is a physically hard job.
ALAN PARKERI turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
ALAN PARKERPeriod recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
ALAN PARKERThe films that I do tend to polarise people’s views.
ALAN PARKERI’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
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 PARKERThis seems quite good, a bit familiar.’ Then I realise … It’s one of my movies. It’s a pretty odd feeling.
ALAN PARKERIve never actually watched another director work.
ALAN PARKER