BILL FORSYTH

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I don't really enjoy filming.

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

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

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

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

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

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

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.

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

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

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

I don't really enjoy filming.

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.

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.

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

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

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