Words matter. These are the best Noel Clarke Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I wouldn’t say that I’m a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, but I wouldn’t say that I’m brilliant at any.
When I wrote ‘Kidulthood,’ I didn’t even know there was going to be a ‘Kidulthood.’ I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script.
After ‘Kidulthood,’ I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn’t write women very well. I was very annoyed.
I don’t like doing things that are too easy.
‘Pulp Fiction’ blew my mind; beforehand, I’d watch films and there was a beginning, middle and an end, and that’s it. There is in that film, too, but it’s out of sequence.
My past films came out on home entertainment in the U.S., so the next question was, how do we get a theatrical in the U.S.? Well, you put a monster in it. That will do it, because people love monster movies.
I couldn’t tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.
I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like ‘Stop moaning and write something.’
I don’t think anyone expected me to get the BAFTA. The bookies didn’t have me down. It’s definitely made a huge difference in my career, but I don’t dwell on it.
I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it. If you don’t make a commercial film, distributors can’t get behind it. If they don’t get behind it, the film doesn’t do well.
I think it’s important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren’t doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.
I did ‘Kidulthood’ and ‘Adulthood,’ and that’s what people wanted and expect me to always do. They want me to do ‘hood films and be the guy swinging baseball bats and saying ‘Yo Blood’ and beating up others in the street.
I was offered and accepted a part in ‘A Few Best Men,’ and then the Australian actor’s union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.
I’d always much rather be second choice on anything because it makes you work harder.
