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.

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.

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.

A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...”“Yes, they do that, ” said Dumbledore.

Life is all of failures with a limited amount of success

There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Divorce can leave children feeling like defectors.

She looked at patches of blackness. Black is a blind remembering, she thought.

Providing great customer service is the most natural activity in the world. It’s fun to help others because it feels good.

The one thing about me is that I don’t even know where I’ll end up, and I don’t know what I’ll be doing but I know that I’ll never really stop.

Dear, dead women, with such hair, too--what's become of all the gold Used to hang and brush their bosoms?

Who speaks is not who writes, and who writes is not who is.