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
mother home moments
At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.
studios
The studio system reminds me of the stock market.
thinking comfort-and-joy office
I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.
sister two married
My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
community experience filmmaker lately
It's only lately that I've first-hand experience of the international community and filmmaker people.
left people
I actually emptied a theatre. It was a 40-minute film, and about 400 people left during the screening.
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I think, unconsciously, I was addressing myself more with Comfort and Joy than with my other films to Scottish people.
enjoy
I don't really enjoy filming.
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It was three years after I'd finished the script for Gregory's Girl that I got to make it, but I prefer That Sinking Feeling as a film.
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That period of my life I was fairly reserved and I tried to make a collection of images that didn't really involve people.
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In Toronto, I've met other director like me, in the wings of the studio industry and with a lively desire to maintain our independence, people like Paul Cox of Australia and Alan Rudolph, who works in the eye of the storm in Los Angeles.
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It's hard to make an incubator that worked. The concept sounds good, but I don't think Haywood County is a big enough place to do it. I don't see there has been any progress as far as incubating new businesses.
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It's easy for me to be a Scotsman because of the overwhelming feeling of most people in Scotland of being subservient to England and therefore having a chip on our shoulder.
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So those who misunderstood Comfort and Joy the most were those who thought I was just trying to make a jolly farce.