Bill Forsyth Quotes

• It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

  Bill Forsyth

  Three, Want, Easier

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• I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.

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  People, Done, Wanted

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• The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

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  Emotional, People, Interesting

  Interview with Gerald Peary, www.geraldpeary.com. September 1985.

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• My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

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  Sister, Two, Married

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• There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.

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  Character, People, Phrases

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• I don't really enjoy filming.

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  Enjoy

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• I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

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  Actors, Film, Made

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• Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

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  Dark, Race, People

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• I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

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  Thinking, Comfort And Joy, Office

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• The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

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  Studios

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• It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.

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  Mean, Comfort And Joy, Misunderstood

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• I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

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  Girl, Numbers, Would Be

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• I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.

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  Theatre, Shy, Six

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• At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.

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  Mother, Home, Moments

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