Im living as an artist, and thats a staggering feeling, its a total luxury. And because you have this amazing chance, with so much freedom, Im determined to make something that is worth that. I feel this responsibility - to create something that makes an audience feel, which takes them somewhere. But thats very hard to achieve.
Conor McPhersonI started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it.
Conor McPhersonDirecting is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God, what was I thinking?" and then you can rearrange it.
Conor McPhersonWhen people are out of their comfort zone, itโs more dramatic, more prone to have more entertaining experiences, get into fights. Thatโs the dramatic instinct, to move people out of what they know and make them deal with it.
Conor McPhersonI would love to make a 1830's period piece, a house in the country, a classic atmospheric haunted house movie, visually it would be so beautiful, the costumes, the candles, the darkness, and the quiet, no radio, to TV, the clock ticking away.
Conor McPherson