Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.
- Alan Parker
Rain, Very, Particularly, Ireland
I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise... It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.
- Alan Parker
Think, Pretty, TV, Odd
A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
- Alan Parker
Process, Set, Lot, Film Set
I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'
- Alan Parker
London, Always, Tap, Shoulder
I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
- Alan Parker
Never, Always, Been, Autocratic
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.
- Alan Parker
Movie, Very, Period, Black-And-White
Film-making is a physically hard job.
- Alan Parker
Hard, Physically, Hard Job, Film-Making
A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads.
- Alan Parker
Vision, Same, Everybody, Great Movie
Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
- Alan Parker
Work, Most, Directors, Lists
The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.
- Alan Parker
People, Films, Tend, Views
I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
- Alan Parker
Some, Always, Films, Art Form
I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
- Alan Parker
Aesthetic, Critics, Once, Fascist
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
- Alan Parker
Death Penalty, Very, Reasons, Personally
Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.
- Alan Parker
Rest, Making, Very, Crew
I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
- Alan Parker
Always, Made, Films, Argued
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