Neil Jordan

“I am afraid of him now. The one I love most in the world.”

— Neil Jordan

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue…

— Neil Jordan

It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit,…

— Neil Jordan

“A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who…

— Neil Jordan

“You are intelligent, you are diplomatic, you are beautiful, and you are and always will be...[he kisses her]...MINE...”

— Neil Jordan

If you're brought up Catholic, you're convinced of magic at a very early age. You're convinced the world isn't entirely real, which…

— Neil Jordan

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

Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of Wolves is a fairy tale; it's got…

— Neil Jordan

“Rome is particularly lethal this summer.”

— Neil Jordan

I do enjoy working with writers.

— Neil Jordan

It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they…

— Neil Jordan

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing.

— Neil Jordan

Is it fair to have given us the memory of what was and the desire of what could be when we must…

— Neil Jordan

I had made a decision, although I hardly knew it yet. It's often that way with decisions, they're made in some hidden…

— Neil Jordan

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American film because I think people are deeply…

— Neil Jordan

Hollywood always chooses young and beautiful men and throws them into enormous, highly expensive toy-like movies, and I think sometimes it's hard…

— Neil Jordan

The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves, and what to be afraid of. It's…

— Neil Jordan

Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I…

— Neil Jordan

I don't think we have enough imaginary creatures in cinema. It seems like we're stuck with zombies, vampires, and werewolves. We should…

— Neil Jordan

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am…

— Neil Jordan

“Nina felt an inordinate pleasure, a pleasure that seemed to creep up on her the way the mud oozed through her barefoot…

— Neil Jordan

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

It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days.

— Neil Jordan

The most difficult thing is the organization of people and the expression of your intentions. It's very easy to have a picture…

— Neil Jordan

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

— Neil Jordan