I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.