I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like.

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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 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...

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...

But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose...

But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

The End of the Affair is almost like a play.

The End of the Affair is almost like a play.

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

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

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...

In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a...

In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a...

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...

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...

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...