The whole Ireland was taken over by greed and materialism. It was extraordinary. The price of every house had skyrocketed. If you… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
Ireland is becoming like everywhere else, but that's the one I grew up in: the one that's hugely illogical. Rather wonderful, in… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
I don't know why anybody would come to Ireland chasing a dream or even employment - that's an extraordinary thing for a… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s,… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about storytelling. — Neil Jordan Copy Share
Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line. — Neil Jordan Copy Share
In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too… — Neil Jordan Copy Share
The whole Ireland was taken over by greed and materialism. It was extraordinary. The price of every house had skyrocketed. If you were a… — Neil Jordan Copy Share
My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with different movements that program, develop, go a little bit… — Neil Jordan Copy Share
If movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach themselves. — Neil Jordan Copy Share
It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put at your disposal to make a film as long… — Neil Jordan Copy Share
The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's… — Neil Jordan Copy Share
The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're… — Neil Jordan Copy Share
I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see… — Neil Jordan Copy Share
I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter. — Neil Jordan Copy Share
