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
mother home moments
At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.
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.
mean comfort-and-joy misunderstood
It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.
studios
The studio system reminds me of the stock market.
emotional interesting people
The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.
thinking comfort-and-joy office
I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.
people done wanted
I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.
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.
enjoy
I don't really enjoy filming.
sister two married
My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
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.
alan australia cox desire director eye industry lively los maintain met paul people storm studio wings works
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.
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.
actors film made
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.