Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.

Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.