“Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, w...” — Paul McGann Quote

“Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch.”

“If you're in the so-called public eye you have to watch your P's and Q's.”

“I resent almost all of the time I spend in front of the television, but I find 'The Only Way Is Essex' absolutely riveting.”

“Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.”

“I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries.”

“Nothing has been left undone by the enemies of freedom. Every art and artifice, every cruelty and outrage has been practiced and perpetrated to destroy the rights of man. In this great struggle, every crime has been rewarded and every virtue has been punished.”