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I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I'd love to adapt more
'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element.
Andrew Davies Quotes: 'Affinity' is beautiful and intense,
I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I prefer love scenes to
I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I remain, however, fairly optimistic
As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death."
Andrew Davies Quotes: As a fairly innocent teenager,
Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.
Andrew Davies Quotes: Be careful about the advice
People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.
Andrew Davies Quotes: People in the BBC are
I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I used to have this
I'm glad nobody has asked me to adapt 'Wuthering Heights' because I think I would make a mess of it. Everybody makes a mess of it. I think the Bronte Sisters are mad.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I'm glad nobody has asked
I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I'm not one of these
I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I always do like to
I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays the bills because a writer doesn't make any money. If possible, get a job that allows you to write in your spare time."
Andrew Davies Quotes: I had a very high
The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.
Andrew Davies Quotes: The BBC fulfils a wonderful
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.
Andrew Davies Quotes: An adaptation I was working
When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.
Andrew Davies Quotes: When you see two writers
'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.
Andrew Davies Quotes: 'Othello' is the most domestic
Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?'
Andrew Davies Quotes: Plan for each episode to
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.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I got quite cross when
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.
Andrew Davies Quotes: One of the things I've
Nursing homes and rest homes are all the rage round here. Most of us will be in them before very long. Do you fancy that? Are you looking forward to it? No, neither am I. But I'm doing something about that. Just whisky and cigarettes, so far, mostly.
Andrew Davies Quotes: Nursing homes and rest homes
Rebecca Eaton has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.
Andrew Davies Quotes: Rebecca Eaton has made an
I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I suppose I have the
The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads.
Andrew Davies Quotes: The joy of writing drama
I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I had a mother who
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.
Andrew Davies Quotes: From time to time there
Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.
Andrew Davies Quotes: Look at Jane Austen. Her
The older I get, the more fun it is to write young people. It's just a holiday from what is becoming old age, really.
Andrew Davies Quotes: The older I get, the
I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
Andrew Davies Quotes: I would love it if
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.
Andrew Davies Quotes: The most moving scene for
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