Abi Morgan Quotes
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My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life.
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To be honest, if I was going to have any kind of fantasy, be it left-wing or otherwise, it wouldn't involve Margaret Thatcher.
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I still always think the greatest moment for me, as a writer, is when I press that button and send the first draft of the script.
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The world can make you very angry.
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I need to be in charge, and that comes from when I was growing up and money was always an issue. I didn't want to feel the fear of poverty again, and I suppose, in that way, I qualify as Thatcher Youth.
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My greatest love is my children, and they have inspired me to fight and stand up for the right things.
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If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.
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I can go to the BBC and say, 'OK, my next drama is for women, and it is diverse women.' I take that to America, however, and I have another set of conversations.
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I try to stay focused on the work and recognize that I've been very lucky. Maybe it's 'cause I grew up with actors, but I've seen that recognition comes and goes, so all there really is is your family and friends. You have to maintain those constants in your life. Maintain what's beyond your work.
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I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else.
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Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights.
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I am the most tense, annoying person in the world.
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I like bowling with my kids at Shoreditch House.
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Eddie Marsan is just my favourite actor of all time. I love everything he's been in, so it's a dream come true to work with him.
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Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner.
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I got dumped off 'The Iron Lady' a month before they started shooting, and then they brought two new writers on. Then I was brought back on again. I'm just a bit of a rubber ball. I just bounce back.
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The joy for me as a writer is that, despite the fact I spend most of my life on my own in a room eating too much chocolate and drinking too much tea, eventually they let me out into the world.
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I'm a cheap date.
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Plays are painful. But the very act of writing is a basic freedom denied some women. Some would call it a privilege. So what's a little pain?
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Usually when I write a movie, I'm lucky if I get one good actress.
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I'm quite interested in doing a film about fashion. As someone with no fashion taste whatsoever, I think it would be good for me.
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There are so many actresses I want to write for. I see them, and I think, 'Why is she not playing that lead? What's happened to that actress?' I think all I can do is to write parts for women, to say, 'Keep going, keep acting, because there are parts for you. There will be those plays.'
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Yes, I've heard of the 'Mad Men' comparisons, but I like to think 'The Hour' has its own distinctive voice. Although it is set in 1956, I have tried to give it a contemporary edge, and its themes of love, passion, romance, fury, professional jealousy, and personal failure are universal, I think.
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Stage is the place of the playwright: you're guided by great actors and directors, but it's the playwright's word on the page that counts.