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15 quotes by Alan Parker

Sir Alan Parker Alan Parker at his Soho Offices, London, April 2008 Born Alan William Parker (1944-02-14) 14 February 1944 (age 71) Islington, London, England Education Dame Alice Owen's School Occupation Film director Film producer Screenwriter Television commercials Website alanparker.com Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. The early part of his career, beginning in...
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A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

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

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

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I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

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I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

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

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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... →

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Film-making is a physically hard job.

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I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

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

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The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

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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... →

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

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