There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
Neil JordanI don't know why anybody would come to Ireland chasing a dream or even employment - that's an extraordinary thing for a place where traditionally one was unemployed. For 10 years, people were coming from all over the world looking for employment here, kind of an extraordinary phenomenon. That's stopped now.
Neil JordanIt's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.
Neil JordanIf movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach themselves.
Neil Jordan