British - Playwright | January 26, 1946 -
It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.
Christopher Hampton
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Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.
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I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.
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Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.
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I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that.
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I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.
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