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Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.

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

Film, Films, People, Tend, Views

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.

Actors, Crew, Film, Make

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.

Exists, Film, Fine, Irish, Rain

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.

Feelings, Odd, Pretty, Start, Thinking, Tvs

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.

Art, Good, Helping, Movies, People, Theory

It doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.

Film, Greenaway, Matter, Technology, Watches

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

Argued, Different, Film, Films, Made, Possible

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

Directors, Heads, Lists, People, Want, Work

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

Can Do, Positive Thinking, Thinking

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

Aesthetic, Critics, Fascist, Fascists

Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.

Ask, Different, Directors, Filmmaker, Work

Film-making is a physically hard job.

Film, Hard, Job, Jobs, Physically

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

Directors, Editing, Film, Solitude

A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.

Evolves, Heads, Inspiring, Movie, Same, Vision

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

Autocratic, Completely, Democratic, Diplomatic

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

Day, London, North, One Day, Shoulders, Tap

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

Black And White, Make, Periods, Recreation, Unless

If you'd been where I'd been. . . if you'd seen the things I'd seen!. . . you. . . you'd be me. . . Or someone following me around.

Following, Ifs, Seen, Things

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

Death, Death Penalty, Penalties, Personally, Reason, Several