Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan said “For me as a director, it’s always the story that’s important, and afterwards, about how it looks. At Dubai Film Festival this year, I am hoping to see something unusual that I haven’t seen before. I think there will be new stories told.
“I think you need stars in films. It’s impossible to get a movie without stars.
“One of the greatest films ever made was made in the Middle East - Lawrence of Arabia.”
On Nelson Mandela - “ I was part of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign, we were all working together. I worked particularly well with the Minister of Education for his Government in India, Asma.? Mandela spent a lot of time in Ireland.” (many of Sheridan’s films are about Ireland, and set in Ireland).- The National staff
