Bill Forsyth famous quotes

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Sister #Two #Married

There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Character #People #Phrases

I don't really enjoy filming.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Enjoy

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Actors #Film #Made

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Dark #Race #People

I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.
-- Bill Forsyth

#People #Done #Wanted

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Thinking #Office #Joy

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Emotional #People #Interesting

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.
-- Bill Forsyth

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Three #Want #Easier

It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Mean #Joy #Misunderstood

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Girl #Numbers #Would Be

I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Theatre #Shy #Six

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.
-- Bill Forsyth

#Mother #Home #Moments