Peter Mullan quotes

There are some people who walk into a room and they oxygenate it, by their very being there's fresh air. Then there are those who come in with the smell of death and they suck the life out. (Peter Mullan)
Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding. View quote
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Part of the reason why movie bosses are so obsessed with crime movies is because they know that world and the criminals. And that's what they are - they would not hesitate to act illegally to achieve profit and gain. View quote
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In terms of popular cinema, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is as near perfection as I can think of. View quote
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I did 'Deathly Hallows' so my kids could get on the 'Harry Potter' set. They met Daniel Radcliffe, who was a darling and couldn't have been nicer to them so I'm a hero right now. View quote
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I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid. View quote
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A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being. View quote
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If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the past few years when my house has looked really clean. View quote
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In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know. View quote
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You have to just go with your imagination, where your instinct takes you. View quote
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When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy. (Peter Mullan)
The Vatican has tried to condemn 'The Magdalene Sisters' as a pack of lies and that I've made it all up - I wish I was that good a dramatist - and in terms of public relations, that was the daftest thing they ever did. View quote
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There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer...', that director's going to hate your guts. Particularly if it's a good idea. View quote
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The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks. View quote
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It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you are too kind, where does it all end? That not to help someone is somehow a good idea. View quote
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I hate it when something is set in 1967 and every piece of furniture was made in 1967. No! If it's set in 1967, people have furniture given to them by their grandmother, which she bought in 1932! View quote
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In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to poke a finger in the throat of theocracy and to let it be known that people shouldn't tolerate this anymore. View quote
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I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and at the end of the day say, 'See you in the pub, guys. View quote
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I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.' View quote
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Life is much weirder than fiction; nothing's more absurd. View quote
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I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to. (Peter Mullan)
It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I give it to someone else and it doesn't turn out as it could have done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby. View quote
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Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters. View quote
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Just in relation to women, it's not that huge an imaginative leap to see the connection between the Taliban and the Catholic Church. View quote
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I was on the set of 'Braveheart' and my mate says to me, 'Do you think this film will be any good?' And I really meant this, too, I told him 'Let me put it this way - It won't win any awards.' Cut to: five Oscars. View quote
Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

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Occupation: Scottish Actor
Born: November 2, 1959
Quotes count: 27