Andrew Davies Quotes
I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.
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The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.
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After 9/11, I changed a lot of the ways I viewed the world. I realized my comedy and my politics and my view of the world did not match. I had to start writing from my heart.
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Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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I believe we're the party of small business.
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I wanted to train more for the outdoor season than the indoor season, so I changed my training totally.
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Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.
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I think it's great to see how they've grown up, not just as actors but as people. They're still very much the same kids that I met many years ago. They've grown up and they are funny and wicked and naughty and bright, and I think as actors their work is just getting better and better. They've blossomed.
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I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.
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I've always loved records, even when I was a kid, my parents would buy me records instead of a lot of the other toys kids got. That's what I wanted. I've been collecting records and DJing my whole life, and I thank my parents for that. They had a big record collection and really imparted the magic of it on me.
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I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
