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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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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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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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Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.
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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.
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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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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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The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads.
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I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, Look what Andrew has written, and I thought, Maybe I could be a writer.
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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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Novels often have leisurely openings a TV drama needs an arresting opening.
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I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.
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'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element.
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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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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.
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People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.
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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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The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.
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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 would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
Andrew Davies
You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.
Andrew Davies