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
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.
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.
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.
mean comfort-and-joy misunderstood
It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.
three want easier
It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.
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.