I think most films are too predictable. They follow familiar patterns. I suppose audiences like to know where they stand but I like films that take m…

- John Boorman

All art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art i…

- John Boorman

Black and white is much closer to the condition of dreaming. It links you to the subconscious and I think that was part of the great appeal of movi…

- John Boorman

I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of myth and see where the characters fit in and what …

- John Boorman

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

- John Boorman

What is passion? Passion is surely the becoming of a person.

- John Boorman

Movie-making is the process of turning money into light. All they have at the end of the day is images flickering on a wall.

- John Boorman

What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for most of our lives, marking time? Most of our being is at rest, unlived. In pa…

- John Boorman

You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part …

- John Boorman