Andrew Davies Quotes
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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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.
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I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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I started at an agency called Intertalent. You copy scripts, you pick up people's dry cleaning, you take their dogs to the vet, you deliver packages, you do whatever they want you to do.
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He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without the hair being just right. I quietly knew that he was anxious and that the hairdo wasn't the real issue. But we all let it go and came back to the scene sometime later.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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'Venus,' which is a Roger Michell film - my first scene was with Peter O'Toole, and I cried. That was basically my part. I came in, cried in a white wig, and then left.
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The publishers, as I remember at the very beginning of my career, wrote letters with their fountain pens. A letter is different from a phone call or fax. It's a different kind of intimacy. That pervaded the entire business of writing and publishing.
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Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?
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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.
