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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
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Andrew Davies
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: September 30
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Andrew Wynford Davies
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The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads.
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I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.
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My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.
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I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
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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.
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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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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.
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Most actors hate readthroughs - they're exposing themselves before they're ready to, and before they've bonded. But I love them because they give us all the first inkling of what the whole show is going to be like, how each part affects every other part, and we won't see that again until it's all edited together.
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A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in because it was such a tip.
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I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.
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People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.
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I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.
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Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.
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When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.
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Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.
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Novels often have leisurely openings a TV drama needs an arresting opening.
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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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Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.
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I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.
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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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