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Film Quotes by 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 to see what…
- I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
- I took two years away from making films to write a novel.
- My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with different movements that program, develop, go a little bit off…
- There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
- Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line.
- 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 as…
- It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit, pleasurable environment, like…
- No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people.…
- 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 not…
- Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American film because I think people are deeply confused about their…
- Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of Wolves is a fairy tale; it's got all those elements…
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- I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments. — Dan Aykroyd
- I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. — Amitabh Bachchan
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different… — Amy Adams
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- I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or… — Amy Adams