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People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.

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Andrew Davies
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: September 30
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People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.
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I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.
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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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Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.
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I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.
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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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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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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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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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'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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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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