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All Quotes by author - Alan Parker

" A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads. "

" A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is. "

" Film-making is a physically hard job. "

" I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies. "

" I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.' "

" I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made. "

" I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise... It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling. "

" I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic. "

" I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist. "

" Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult. "

" Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with. "

" Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. "

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" Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons. "

" Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists. "

" The films that I do tend to polarise people's views. "

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