Simon Beaufoy Quotes

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

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• The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.

  

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• For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

  

  Simon Beaufoy
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