Alan Parker Quotes
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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 great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads.
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Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.
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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
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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 always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
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The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.
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Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.
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I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
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I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
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I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
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I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This 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'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'
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Film-making is a physically hard job.