Top 15 Quotes by Alan Parker

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.

I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.

I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'

Film-making is a physically hard job.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.