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I remember as a kid being asked if I was Jewish or Irish. I said, like the glib little 15-year-old I was, 'You can be both.' Feeling very pleased with myself. Before they smacked me.

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The most conventional romantic trope of all is that you put lovers under extreme pressure, where they have to make decisions that illuminate aspects of that bond.

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It's something I've noticed with my two children - children frequently know and don't know at the same time. They are aware of aspects of the world that are a little bit shadowy, and they choose not to engage with them.

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As soon as you make some films that people like, you'll be sent material, and that can come from anywhere.

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You can throw away your script more easily than you can throw away your film.

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When I read 'Room,' I absolutely loved it, and I thought I knew how to make it.

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People say that soundstage sets never quite look like reality. But actually, they can. They can be as real as you want as long as you pay attention to the kind of detail that is given for free in a real place.

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In something like 'Frank,' which is a comedy, albeit a strange and emotional one, you can absolutely put in deleted scenes, and we did because they were just funny and great, but they weren't necessary in the overall structure.

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I'm not setting out to adapt books and work with books, but when really amazing stories come to you in that form, it's really hard to turn away from that.

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I'm a bit of a late developer, generally. But the good thing about being a filmmaker is you still count as young all the way through your 40s.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Director

Born: January 26th, 1966

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