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The most moving scene for me ...

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 Dick...

Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.

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I'm glad nobody has asked me ...

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.

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I prefer love scenes to be sh...

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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The writer in movies is about...

The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.

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I remain, however, fairly opt...

I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.

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I had a mother who was very e...

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.

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I would love it if anyone gav...

I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.

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I know that a ridiculous numb...

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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I used to have this Mercedes,...

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.

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Plan for each episode to be a...

Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?'

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I got quite cross when I hear...

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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From time to time there is a ...

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 Davis 12 quotes

Plan for each episode to be a...

Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?

Andrew Davis 12 quotes

I was getting rewarded for wr...

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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As a fairly innocent teenager...

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."

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I had a very high opinion of ...

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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The older I get, the more fun...

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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Othello' is the most domestic...

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'm not one of these people w...

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.

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Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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