It'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.

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The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves,...

The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves,...

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American...

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American...

Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird...

Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird...

My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with...

My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with...

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put...

It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put...

Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about...

Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about...

Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.

Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an...

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an...

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.

Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of...

Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of...

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was...

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was...

I do enjoy working with writers.

I do enjoy working with writers.

It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be...

It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be...

I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very...

I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very...

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered...

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered...

I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well.

I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well.

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary...

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary...

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and...

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and...