Bill Forsyth Quotes

"It was three years after I'd finished the script for Gregory's Girl that I got to make it, but I prefer That Sinking Feeling as a film."
-Bill Forsyth

"In Toronto, I've met other director like me, in the wings of the studio industry and with a lively desire to maintain our independence, people like Paul Cox of Australia and Alan Rudolph, who works in the eye of the storm in Los Angeles."
-Bill Forsyth

"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."
-Bill Forsyth

"I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list."
-Bill Forsyth

"I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done."
-Bill Forsyth

"It's hard to make an incubator that worked. The concept sounds good, but I don't think Haywood County is a big enough place to do it. I don't see there has been any progress as far as incubating new businesses."
-Bill Forsyth

"It's easy for me to be a Scotsman because of the overwhelming feeling of most people in Scotland of being subservient to England and therefore having a chip on our shoulder."
-Bill Forsyth

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