Bill Forsyth Quotes

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

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

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#4. The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

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

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#6. I don't really enjoy filming.

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

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

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

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

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#12. 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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#13. My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

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#14. 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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