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

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Amount Easier Get Me Money Really Three Times Want

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The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Market Me Reminds Stock Stock Market Studio System

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

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Authority Business Decisions Emotional Instead Interesting Like Making Movie Movie Business Much People Purely Rational Very

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

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Comfort Going Joy Smash Think

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

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Done Easily How People Pigeonhole Quite Surprised Things Wanted

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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

Topics: Area Cope Dark Human Human Race Humor Invented Life People Perhaps Problems Race Terrors Thought Understand

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

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Topics: Comfort Films Joy Means Misunderstood Other

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

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Actor Chore Experimental Filmmaker Films Made Major Relate Thought

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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

Topics: About Actually Glasgow Introducing Just Me Myself Shy Six Theatre Weeks Without Youth

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I don't really enjoy filming.

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Enjoy Filming Really

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Director

Born: July 29th, 1946

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