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.Quote by Bill Forsyth about humor, dark, problems, thinking, human imperfections, life, people
So those who misunderstood Comfort and Joy the most were those who thought I was just trying to make a jolly farce.Quote by Bill Forsyth about joy, thinking
That period of my life I was fairly reserved and I tried to make a collection of images that didn't really involve people.Quote by Bill Forsyth about life, people
The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.Quote by Bill Forsyth about authority, affair, people
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.Quote by Bill Forsyth about things, people
Universal wasn't out a lot of money, a million dollars or so, so it was easy not to put a lot of effort into the movie.Quote by Bill Forsyth about money
Unmarketable is a much more worrying term for them because if they can find an angle to make something unwatchable marketable, they'll do it every week.Quote by Bill Forsyth
When I read Housekeeping, it wasn't from the point of filming. It was months and months later that the idea of making it into a movie caught.Quote by Bill Forsyth about idea
When I was a very small boy, my father was a plumber in a shipping yard, but then it transpired that he became a grocer.Quote by Bill Forsyth about garden
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.Quote by Ernest Hemingway about games
I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.Quote by Billy Idol about insults, love
I wanted to record 'Mony Mony' because it was the first record I ever made love to.Quote by Billy Idol about love
If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can.Quote by Billy Idol about dream, world
It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.Quote by Billy Idol about clothes, money, end
Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.Quote by Billy Idol about rocks, art, magic, people
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.Quote by Billy Idol about nation, people