Alan Parker

I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'

I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

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.

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.

A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads.

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

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

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

Film-making is a physically hard job.

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