Andrew Davies Quotes

British - Writer | September 20, 1936 -

You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.

Andrew Davies

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The most moving scene for me in 'Pride and Prejudice' is the Pemberley music room scene: Elizabeth has just saved Darcy's sister from embarrassment and confusion, and as the music plays on, Darcy's look of gratitude becomes a look of love, which we see reciprocated in Elizabeth's eyes.

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I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely.

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An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC... I was also going to do Dickens' 'Dombey and Son' but they've asked me to do 'David Copperfield' instead.

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People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.

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From time to time there is a move to do a little less in the way of period dramas, but people rebel. Audiences say we want them. There is a big hunger for them. I don't think it's sentimentality or nostalgia, it's often that they are simply the best stories.

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I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.

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Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.

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Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?'

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I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.

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'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

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One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.

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