Neil Jordan Quotes

Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of Wolves is a fairy tale; it's got all those elements plus a lot more. And we know that fairy tales aren't innocent any more.

Neil Jordan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: February 25, 1950

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It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.

Joe Jamail

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'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.

Jerry Saltz

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I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

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But everything you do in life has a downside.

Melissa Auf der Maur

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I would never bet against Peyton Manning. You know about the age and the neck and the strength. But I had George Blanda, and as he got older, he got smarter, and he just got rid of the ball quicker. I watch Peyton, and I see George Blanda.

John Madden

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Yes, I believe in school choice. Parents know far better than government bureaucrats what their children need from an education standpoint, and they should be permitted to make that choice.

Matt Salmon

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Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen.

Andy Lau

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I wanted to be a veterinarian, but slipped up when I hit organic chemistry.

Amy Hempel

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As a wheelchair user, I am utterly obsessed with toilets, and all my friends know it. A simple invitation to the pub is consistently followed by, 'Do you know if they have an accessible toilet?'

Stella Young

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Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.

Roland Barthes

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I think there is a difference between being a celebrity and being an actor.

Michelle Gomez

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Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your head, writing communist manifestos.

Jason Robert Brown

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