“For example, the character of Claire in In Dreams wasn't imagined enough by me. Annette Bening is a great actress, and she gave a great performance, but because I hadn't fully written it essentially the character wasn't finished.” EnoughCharacterDreamWrittenExamplePerformancesFinishedActressesClaireGreat Performance Author:Neil Jordan
“In Dreams...well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it.” WellsDreamBitsToo MuchDirectorsFamiliarImageryOvercompensating Author:Neil Jordan
“I don't know why anybody would come to Ireland chasing a dream or even employment - that's an extraordinary thing for a place where traditionally one was unemployed. For 10 years, people were coming from all over the world looking for employment here, kind of an extraordinary phenomenon. That's stopped now.” PeopleWorldKindDreamExtraordinaryPhenomenonIreland Author:Neil Jordan