Quotes by Bill Forsyth, page 2

Bill Forsyth - scottish Director

Was born on 29 jul 1946.

Origin country: United Kingdom

That period of my life I was fairly reserved and I tried to make a collection of images that didn't really involve people.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about life, people

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

Quote by Bill Forsyth about authority, affair, people

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about stores

There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about things, people

Universal wasn't out a lot of money, a million dollars or so, so it was easy not to put a lot of effort into the movie.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about money

Unmarketable is a much more worrying term for them because if they can find an angle to make something unwatchable marketable, they'll do it every week.

When I read Housekeeping, it wasn't from the point of filming. It was months and months later that the idea of making it into a movie caught.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about idea

When I was a very small boy, my father was a plumber in a shipping yard, but then it transpired that he became a grocer.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about plumbers, garden