Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.
For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.
I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.
Is it fair to have given us the memory of what was and the desire of what could be when we must suffer what is?
You've got to play what people think you are, rather than what you are. You have to have a sense of what you are as you're playing what people think you are.
Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.
Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick's vision was so complete there.
One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you'll do to the next person you're involved with, if you get half a chance.
Once you acknowledge that reality is not your enemy, it will no longer be your enemy.