A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.
Peter MullanIt's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I give it to someone else and it doesn't turn out as it could have done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby.
Peter MullanA lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy.
Peter MullanIt takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you are too kind, where does it all end? That not to help someone is somehow a good idea.
Peter Mullan