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For me, my mythology growing up was 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' and 'Star Wars' and 'E.T.' and 'Ghostbusters.' That's what I grew up on, and there aren't many people who can write that kind of scale of story, stories that are that big.

~Colm Mccarthy

Topics: Ark Big Grew Growing Growing Up Kind Lost Many Me Mythology People Raiders Scale Star Star Wars Stories Story Up Wars Who Write

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There's a funny thing that, in film now, everybody thinks that the director does everything, and in TV, everybody thinks that the writer does everything, and I'm quite comfortable with that as a director. I don't mind that.

~Colm Mccarthy

Topics: Comfortable Director Does Everybody Everything Film Funny Funny Thing Mind Now Quite Thing Thinks Tv Writer

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As a director, you want to work with great writers.

~Colm Mccarthy

Topics: Director Great Want Work Writers You

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The best thing as a director is being able to be part of the thing that's so cool about a TV show, like running a character arc over six episodes or multiple series.

~Colm Mccarthy

Topics: Able About Arc Being Best Character Cool Director Episodes Like Multiple Over Part Running Series Show Six Thing Tv Tv Show

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The vision people have of a director is completely flawed - someone with a crystalline vision of everything they're going to do. How boring would that be? It's a creative and collaborative process.

~Colm Mccarthy

Topics: Boring Collaborative Creative Director Everything Flawed Going How People Process Someone Vision Would

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Science fiction is boring when someone starts explaining the science to me.

~Colm Mccarthy

Topics: Boring Explaining Fiction Me Science Science Fiction Someone Starts

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I've seen a lot of zombie films as a teenager, and I think teens in general, or teen boys, watch a lot of horror. There's a lot of morbidity that goes on in that age.

~Colm Mccarthy

Topics: Age Boy Films General Goes Horror Lot Seen Teen Teenager Teens Think Watch Zombie I Think

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Director

Born: February 16th, 1973

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