The truth is that seals look more like dogs. And I'm surrounded by seals because I live by the sea. They're odd bloody creatures. Not fish, they don't have gills, they should have legs, but they don't. They're the weirdest things, you know?
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? - Neil Jordan
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
- Neil Jordan
Never make a promise - you may have to keep it. - Neil Jordan
Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.
If you're brought up Catholic, you're convinced of magic at a very early age. You're convinced the world isn't entirely real, which is a kind of conv… - Neil Jordan
If you're brought up Catholic, you're convinced of magic at a very early age. You're convinced the world isn't entirely real, which is a kind of conv…
For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy. - Neil Jordan
For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.
It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in … - Neil Jordan
It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in …
I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter. - Neil Jordan
I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.
The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're a… - Neil Jordan
The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're a…
If movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach themselves. - Neil Jordan
If movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach themselves.
I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well. - Neil Jordan
I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well.
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