Bill Forsyth
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"William David "Bill" Forsyth" is a Scotland/Scottish film director and writer known for his films Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983), and Comfort and Joy (1984 film)/Comfort and Joy (1984).

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I don't see there has been any progress as far as incubating new businesses.

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It was three years after I'd finished the script for Gregory's Girl that I got to make it, but I prefer That Sinking Feeling as a film.

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In Toronto, I've met other director like me, in the wings of the studio industry and with a lively desire to maintain our independence, people like Paul Cox of Australia and Alan Rudolph, who works in the eye of the storm in Los Angeles.

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When I was a very small boy, my father was a plumber in a shipping yard, but then it transpired that he became a grocer.

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I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

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I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.

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It's hard to make an incubator that worked. The concept sounds good, but I don't think Haywood County is a big enough place to do it. I don't see there has been any progress as far as incubating new businesses.

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It's easy for me to be a Scotsman because of the overwhelming feeling of most people in Scotland of being subservient to England and therefore having a chip on our shoulder.

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I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

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