Andrew Davies Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.”

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

“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.”

“People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.”

“People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.”

“Rebecca Eaton has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.”

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

“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.”

“An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC... I was also going to do Dickens' 'Dombey and Son' but they've asked me to do 'David Copperfield' instead.”