9+ Shane Meadows Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Shane Meadows quotes and sayings.

In the Eighties, the landscape was changing. No one knew if they had a future. It's not like now. There was no satellite. Kids were still out on the streets playing all the time. For me, it was the last great hurrah! People don't take those chances anymore. Everyone's far too reserved. Men look like women, women look like men. — Shane Meadows

Every kid comes to a point in his life, where you listen to your Dad, but then you go into the street and you start listening to the views of other people. You're looking for role models. It's like that moment when you step out. — Shane Meadows

I'm obviously first and foremost a British filmmaker on a global scale, but when it comes to narrowing it down, I really feel like my voice is in the Midlands and outside of London. — Shane Meadows

I suppose my dream was always about existing outside of London. Obviously the film world 10 years ago, when I first kicked off, was a very different landscape. Meeting anyone for a job on the crew, and on the cast, always meant a trip to London for me. But it's changed quite dramatically. You can't completely exist outside of what's down there, but things have changed massively. — Shane Meadows

You have to make a film and make it interesting, so you can't have a shot of you cleaning your teeth just because you did that. It's boring! — Shane Meadows

The violence at the end is about personal torture. — Shane Meadows

I haven't forgotten what it was like to be a kid; especially a misunderstood one — Shane Meadows

Bullying and violence that exists in someone can also be inherent in a nation without us knowing it. — Shane Meadows

As a director, your job can range from having to lean on someone to get a performance out of them, to someone being so built for the part that all you have to do is make them feel confident and comfortable and assured of what they're actually doing, and you just wind them up and watch them go. — Shane Meadows