I guess I'm part of the art house, but we really have to shake up our ideas, because we're kind of self-parodying ourselves. We go places commercial cinema doesn't go, but sometimes it's to our own detriment. — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
If you go into a bank or a shop and you want them to believe that you're going to shoot them, that's an acting… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
The Vatican is like a huge kind of magician's club. The more you look into it the more awful it becomes. And they're laughing… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding. — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to poke a… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I was on the set of 'Braveheart' and my mate says to me, 'Do you think this film will be any good?' And I… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I did 'Deathly Hallows' so my kids could get on the 'Harry Potter' set. They met Daniel Radcliffe, who was a darling and couldn't… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer',… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
The Vatican has tried to condemn 'The Magdalene Sisters' as a pack of lies and that I've made it all up - I wish… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
In terms of popular cinema, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is as near perfection as I can think of. — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
The working-class aspirations are worse now than when I was a kid - and it was pretty bad when I was a kid. Reality… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
