Quotes by Conor Mcpherson - Page 1

If I wasn't plagued by needing to write things, that would perhaps be a blessing.
Conor Mcpherson / Playwright
Blessing
Ifs
Writing
Needing
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I love stories that frame that: This is what life is about - you don't have a clue.
Conor Mcpherson / Playwright
Clue
Love Story
Stories
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I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.
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Actors
Language
Want
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We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.
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Infinity
Littles
Veils
Veil
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I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening.
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Luxury
Prefer
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I started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it.
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College
Firsts
Play
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The play is a very simple idea really; someone needs some support and consolation, and she finds a place where she gets it.
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Ideas
Play
Simple
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I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.
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Anxious
Just One
Future Work Past
Friendships
Work Future Past
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We're all ordinary in a way. We can all be hurt. We can all be unbalanced. We all have feelings. Life can treat us harshly, even shockingly sometimes.
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Feelings
Hurt
Ordinary
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I guess Im attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And its why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.
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Character
Scare
Writing
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I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.
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Isolation
Stakes
Attracted
Somewhat
Repelled
Scares
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Directing is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God, what was I thinking?" and then you can rearrange it.
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Doe
Thinking
Writing
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I think Catholicism took root very quickly in Ireland because it's a very superstitious religion, the holy ghost, the holy spirit, it has a goddess, very visual, the music.
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Roots
Spirit
Thinking
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I could not flourish in the Hollywood system because the first thing spoken about is "What genre is it?" and "Who's it for?" It's a very strange question to me; it's for human beings.
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Firsts
Genre Is
Hollywood
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I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didnt know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that beyond became internalized in our psyche.
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Europe
People
Years
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I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didn't know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that 'beyond' became internalized in our psyche.
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Ireland
Theory
Edge
Psyche
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When people are out of their comfort zone, it’s more dramatic, more prone to have more entertaining experiences, get into fights. That’s the dramatic instinct, to move people out of what they know and make them deal with it.
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Fighting
Moving
People
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It's probably the last thing you think about when you're making a film is other people's problems. You're thinking about your problem, which is making the movie. But you do have a responsibility. You can't mess around with people's emotions.
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People
Responsibility
Thinking About You
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I would love to make a 1830's period piece, a house in the country, a classic atmospheric haunted house movie, visually it would be so beautiful, the costumes, the candles, the darkness, and the quiet, no radio, to TV, the clock ticking away.
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Beautiful
Country
House
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The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.
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Men
Complacency
Discovering
Leaving
Middle Aged
Our Lives
Real
Seems
Staying
Be Real
Interested
Older
Middle-Aged Man
Young Person
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Im living as an artist, and thats a staggering feeling, its a total luxury. And because you have this amazing chance, with so much freedom, Im determined to make something that is worth that. I feel this responsibility - to create something that makes an audience feel, which takes them somewhere. But thats very hard to achieve.
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Artist
Luxury
Responsibility
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I'm living as an artist, and that's a staggering feeling, it's a total luxury. And because you have this amazing chance, with so much freedom, I'm determined to make something that is worth that. I feel this responsibility - to create something that makes an audience feel, which takes them somewhere. But that's very hard to achieve.
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Determined
Luxury
Staggering
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