"Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult. Particularly within the Hollywood machine. They've allowed more stars to take over and it can make everyone else's life a misery. But the truth is the actors are doing their job just the same as the camera assistant and the costume designer and everybody else."

 (Alan William Parker, regista, sceneggiatore e produttore cinematografico; Londra, 14 febbraio 1944 – Londra, 31 luglio 2020)