It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.

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.

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

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

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.

I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.

A man told me a while ago he could not believe a thing he had never seen. I said, “Man, did you ever see your brain?

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

Whatever is your greatest joy and treasure, that is your god.

Aspire to do better. Instead of being the leader of the group, be the little person.

I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times.

Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable.

Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy. [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]

We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous spite and envy.