Peter Morgan Quotes

When I started writing the screenplay for 'The Queen,' about the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana, both Stephen Frears, the director, and Andy Harries, the producer, begged me not to put Tony Blair in it.

Peter Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 10, 1963

Topics

DeathQueenMeWritingPrincess

Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her genius as a performer will have to be taken on faith - and on the always-suspect evidence of film. What will last, if things go well, is her genius as a choreographer, as a woman of the theater.

Robert Gottlieb

FaithDanceWomanI AmAmericanGo

When I first came to New York, I would scream like a girl and run to the other side of the street if there was a pigeon. Now I can face off with a pigeon.

John Searles

GirlNew YorkFaceI CanStreetRun

There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one.

Sophia Bush

ReligionWorldSingleFundamentalist

You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.

Mary McCarthy

WorkLoveYouSexForce

We've always had a philosophy that we would always go wherever the joke is.

Jay Chandrasekhar

PhilosophyGoAlwaysJokeWherever

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

TodayYouUpWhereUsGet

Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them myself.

David Sedaris

TruthMyselfDayTruth IsThink

Innovation almost always is not successful the first time out. You try something, and it doesn't work, and it takes confidence to say we haven't failed yet... Ultimately, you become commercially successful.

Clayton M. Christensen

WorkConfidenceInnovationTimeYou

Television is great but for me, as a performer, nothing compares to a live theatre show.

Bruce Forsyth

LiveGreatMeTheatreTelevision

I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles.

Pilou Asbaek

PeopleMeSeriousDramaticGuyOnly

I am anal about my Gmail calendar. It's my life. I put everything in there - my to-do list, or even if I want to do things.

Payal Kadakia

LifeI AmMy LifeCalendarWant

This experience has been once in a lifetime.

Kristi Yamaguchi

ExperienceLifetimeBeenOnce

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