Anthony Minghella

Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#costs #disparity #exactly #film #his way

My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#enormous #fact #formidable #grandmother #huge

No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#appetite #cold #english #hollywood #mountain

Of course, like all film-makers I've been mesmerised by cinema since I was a child. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#child #cinema #course #film-makers #i

The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#any #causes #civil #civil war #extract

The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking! ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#business #cafe #closed #cooking #day

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#alone #forced #know #long #lose