At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it’s certainly my home. – Bill Forsyth
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. – Bill Forsyth
The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones. – Bill Forsyth
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. – Bill Forsyth
I’d made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors. – Bill Forsyth
It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films. – 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
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. – Bill Forsyth
