Bill Forsyth
Bill Forsyth
William David "Bill" Forsythis a Scottish film director and writer known for his films Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, and Comfort and Joy...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth29 July 1946
Bill Forsyth quotes about
far progress
I don't see there has been any progress as far as incubating new businesses.
later months point scottish-director
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.
sister two married
My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
emotional interesting people
The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.
dark race people
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 terrors.
mean comfort-and-joy misunderstood
It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.
theatre shy six
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 myself.
character people phrases
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.
people done wanted
I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.
actors film made
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.
girl numbers would-be
I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.
three want easier
It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.
dollars easy effort million universal
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.
became father plumber shipping small
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.