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title: "1 Really Painful Quotes By Peter Mullan"
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> [When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/when-things-are-really-painful-i-turn-it-into-comedy/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/peter-mullan-14139_comedy_when-things-are-really-painful-i-turn-it_3015604.png)

## More by Peter Mullan

> [I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/i-find-the-world-more-absurd-now-than-i-did-when-i-was-a-kid/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/if-you-go-into-a-bank-or-a-shop-and-you-want-them-to-believe-that-you/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/the-vatican-is-like-a-huge-kind-of-magician-s-club-the-more-you-look/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/sometimes-you-have-to-confront-your-demons-and-sometimes-even-let/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/in-bringing-the-subject-of-religious-oppression-to-a-wider-audience-i/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [I was on the set of 'Braveheart' and my mate says to me, 'Do you think this film will be any good?' And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/i-was-on-the-set-of-braveheart-and-my-mate-says-to-me-do-you-think/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/i-did-deathly-hallows-so-my-kids-could-get-on-the-harry-potter-set/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [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',…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/there-s-no-such-thing-as-an-actor-giving-positive-criticism-to-a/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [The Vatican has tried to condemn 'The Magdalene Sisters' as a pack of lies and that I've made it all up - I wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/the-vatican-has-tried-to-condemn-the-magdalene-sisters-as-a-pack-of/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [Life is much weirder than fiction; nothing's more absurd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/life-is-much-weirder-than-fiction-nothing-s-more-absurd/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/i-wanted-to-dismantle-the-bollocks-that-there-s-a-military-structure/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [In terms of popular cinema, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is as near perfection as I can think of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/in-terms-of-popular-cinema-one-flew-over-the-cuckoo-s-nest-is-as-near/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [The working-class aspirations are worse now than when I was a kid - and it was pretty bad when I was a kid. Reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/the-working-class-aspirations-are-worse-now-than-when-i-was-a-kid-and/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/watching-people-just-look-out-for-themselves-i-think-is-extremely/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mullan/it-s-not-so-much-that-i-want-to-direct-but-that-i-have-to-when-i/)

[Peter Mullan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mullan/)

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