15 Neil Jordan Quotes for You to Enjoy

Neil Jordan

Irish Director

Born: Feb 25, 1950

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There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? Neil Jordan

Great Book Great Book Out No Point Point Making Film

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

Films Out Variations Gotten Line Story Cutting

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

Me About Filmmaking

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

Films Took Write Making Years Novel Away Two

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

Know Well Comfortable Because Making American Movies Them American Movies Less

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 the book. Neil Jordan

Heart Book Difficult Tried Find Disappearing Also Ireland Very Place Which Script Depressed Worked Really Hard Include Fast Portraying

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. Neil Jordan

Three Bit Out Would See Had Like Wrote Ireland Just Theater Script Little Little Bit Turn Working Novels Film Published

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

Book Writing Same Thing Way Solitary Although Very Same Thing

My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with different movements that program, develop, go a little bit off the trunk, come back, and end. Neil Jordan

You Back Bit Develop Come Conception Go Normal Off Trunk End Movements Different Story Little Little Bit Film Program

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film. Neil Jordan

People Thought Made Down Saw Kids Independent Independent Film About Wrote Around Ireland Just Story Who Travelers Film Two

The End of the Affair is almost like a play. Neil Jordan

Almost Like Affair End Play

The most difficult thing is the organization of people and the expression of your intentions. It's very easy to have a picture in your head and to imagine that you've told everybody about what you need. Neil Jordan

You People Organization Picture Difficult Everybody Easy About Head Most Most Difficult Thing Very Intentions Your Expression Thing Difficult Thing Need Imagine

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American film because I think people are deeply confused about their emotions, and they don't regret certain aspects of their own foreign policy. Neil Jordan

You People Emotions Regret Confused Own Think About Well Policy Talking Content Because Climate Foreign Foreign Policy American Current Lack American Film Certain Aspects Film Deeply

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