Neil Jordan

The End of the Affair is almost like a play.

— Neil Jordan

Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about storytelling.

— Neil Jordan

Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line.

— Neil Jordan

In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was…

— Neil Jordan

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

— Neil Jordan

The whole Ireland was taken over by greed and materialism. It was extraordinary. The price of every house had skyrocketed. If you…

— Neil Jordan

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

— Neil Jordan

My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with different movements that program, develop, go a…

— Neil Jordan

Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.

— Neil Jordan

If movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach…

— Neil Jordan

It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put at your disposal to make a film…

— Neil Jordan

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…

— Neil Jordan

The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic…

— Neil Jordan

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

I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.

— Neil Jordan

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?

— Neil Jordan

And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.

— Neil Jordan

“I walked with them, as crowds have that effect on me, I want to do what they do, to journey towards some…

— Neil Jordan

“Don't you understand brother? I want to find a love...that will free me from this love...”

— Neil Jordan

I just got back from New York, and I realized in New York, it's very difficult to hear a New York accent.…

— Neil Jordan

The truth is that seals look more like dogs. And I'm surrounded by seals because I live by the sea. They're odd…

— Neil Jordan

But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as…

— Neil Jordan

You've got to play what people think you are, rather than what you are. You have to have a sense of what…

— Neil Jordan

For example, the character of Claire in In Dreams wasn't imagined enough by me. Annette Bening is a great actress, and she…

— Neil Jordan

I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well.

— Neil Jordan