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Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.

Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.


Alan Parker  Alan Parker
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Sir Alan William Parker CBE (born 14 February 1944)[1] is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.

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

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Film-making is a physically hard job.

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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.

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I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise... It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.

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

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

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Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.

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 Tags: Life Ride Rest You Difficult Film
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I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'

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