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. ALAN PARKER ActorAlongCrewFilmGoLifeMainMake
I’ve had some fantastically good people help me make the movies. ALAN PARKER FantasticGoodHelpMakeMoviePeopleSome
It doesn’t matter what the technology is – no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway. ALAN PARKER AnywayGreenwaym FilmMatterNoOneTechnologyWatch
Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. ALAN PARKER AnyAskCameDifferentEveryoneFilmmakerGotIntoRouteWell
So fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists. ALAN PARKER AcknowledgeCountryEvenExistFine
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 PARKER AroundBeenFollowMeSeenSomethingThing
I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist. ALAN PARKER AestheticCriticDescribeFascistMyOne
I’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made. ALAN PARKER AlwaysArgueDifferentFilmMadeManyPluralistPossible
Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine. ALAN PARKER DifficultFilmFineIrelandParticularlyQuiteRain
A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads. ALAN PARKER EnvolveEverybodyGreatHeadMovieSameVision
I’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic. ALAN PARKER AlwaysAutocraticBeenCompletely
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons. ALAN PARKER AgainstDeathMuchPenaltyPersonalityReasonSeveralVery
Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with. ALAN PARKER DirectorHeadListLittleMostPeopleReallyWantWork
I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. ALAN PARKER AlwaysArgueArtAuteurCollaborativeFilmFormTheory
I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think. ALAN PARKER SomethingSometimesTelevisionThinkTurnWatch
A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is. ALAN PARKER DirectorEditLotPreferProcessSolitude
I’m always afraid someone’s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, ‘Back to North London’. ALAN PARKER AfraidAlwaysBackCountryDayGoOneSayShoulderSomeoneTap
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie. ALAN PARKER BlackCreationDifficultMakeMoviePeriodUnlessWhite
This seems quite good, a bit familiar.’ Then I realise … It’s one of my movies. It’s a pretty odd feeling. ALAN PARKER BitFamiliarFeelingGoodMovieOddOnePrettyQuiteSeem