The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
You know you lose a lot of social skills if you’re a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn’t understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it’s for, why it exists, why it needs its money. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it’s pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for all types and colours of music. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
No studio in Hollywood wanted ‘Cold Mountain.’ None. No one wanted ‘Ripley,’ no one wanted ‘The English Patient.’ That tells you there isn’t really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
