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Bill Forsyth

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Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.


— Bill Forsyth


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The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.


— Bill Forsyth


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The studio system reminds me of the stock market.


— Bill Forsyth


#me #reminds #stock #stock market #studio

There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.


— Bill Forsyth


#dialogue #get #other #people #phrase






About Bill Forsyth






Did you know about Bill Forsyth?

He lived in Scotland on an isolated farm with his partner/girlfriend (a script editor/writer) and their two children. The 1987 film Housekeeping an adaptation of Marilynne Robinson's 1981 novel was Forsyth's first American work. Forsyth's next film was the 1984 Comfort and Joy about a Glasgow radio DJ caught in a rivalry between ice cream companies which again featured Clare Grogan.

Bill Forsyth (born 29 July 1946) is a Scottish film director and writer best known for his films Gregory's Girl (1981) Local Hero (1983) and Comfort and Joy (1984) as well as his commitment to national film-making.

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