For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.
Neil Jordan

And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.
Neil Jordan

Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.
Neil Jordan

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
Neil Jordan

I do enjoy working with writers.
Neil Jordan

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.
Neil Jordan

I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well.
Neil Jordan

It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit, pleasurable environment, like what you see outside there, to a very dark place. But the opposite journey, which is what this movie takes, is much more complicated.
Neil Jordan