I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing mysel…

- Bill Forsyth

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

- Bill Forsyth

I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.

- Bill Forsyth

I don't really enjoy filming.

- Bill Forsyth

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

- Bill Forsyth

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and …

- Bill Forsyth

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

- Bill Forsyth

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

- Bill Forsyth

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.

- Bill Forsyth