Ireland is becoming like everywhere else, but that's the one I grew up in: the one that's hugely illogical. Rather wonderful, in a way. I never found this oppression of religion and that, but I did enjoy growing up in… — 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 Image
Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line. — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
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 Image
The whole Ireland was taken over by greed and materialism. It was extraordinary. The price of every house had skyrocketed. If you were a small farmer and you had two fields outside, if you built 17 bungalows on them all, you become a millionaire, that kind of thing. It was extraordinary to see how rapidly that kind of ethic takes… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
