I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of…

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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 took two years away from making films to write a novel.

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

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...

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...

When you've written a movie, you then get together with a whole lot of people...

When you've written a movie, you then get together with a whole lot of people...

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...

Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line.

Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come...

It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come...

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

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

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...

I do enjoy working with writers.

I do enjoy working with writers.

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...

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already...

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already...

It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very...

It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very...

I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in...

I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in...

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...