Part of the reason why movie bosses are so obsessed with crime movies is because they know that world and the criminals. And that's what they are - t…

- Peter Mullan

In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to poke a finger in the throa…

- Peter Mullan

The Vatican has tried to condemn 'The Magdalene Sisters' as a pack of lies and that I've made it all up - I wish I was that good a dramatist - and in…

- Peter Mullan

I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'

- Peter Mullan

I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and a…

- Peter Mullan

Life is much weirder than fiction; nothing's more absurd.

- Peter Mullan

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

- Peter Mullan

I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid.

- Peter Mullan

Filmmaking is something I have to do. It's not something I particularly want to do.

- Peter Mullan