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
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.
actors film made
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.
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.
sister two married
My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
collection fairly images involve life period reserved tried
That period of my life I was fairly reserved and I tried to make a collection of images that didn't really involve people.
comfort jolly joy trying
So those who misunderstood Comfort and Joy the most were those who thought I was just trying to make a jolly farce.
addressing comfort films joy scottish
I think, unconsciously, I was addressing myself more with Comfort and Joy than with my other films to Scottish people.
left people
I actually emptied a theatre. It was a 40-minute film, and about 400 people left during the screening.
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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.
far progress
I don't see there has been any progress as far as incubating new businesses.