I'm a documentary filmmaker by training. You got to start with the real people and the real place. Simon Beaufoy More Quotes by Simon Beaufoy More Quotes From Simon Beaufoy They say crying makes the heart lighter Simon Beaufoy lighters cry heart Keep your central character moving, discovering, learning. Simon Beaufoy discovering character moving I learned to stop being English about things like love. If you make a film in England about love, it's hugely complicated. It's all about saying what the weather is like, and you're secretly telling someone you love them. You know what the English are like; they're very repressed people. You don't get that in India. India is incredibly un-cynical about love. It's a not a complicated thing. It's me, you, love. Let's go. Simon Beaufoy like-love weather people One doesn’t question a miracle. Simon Beaufoy miracle India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart. Simon Beaufoy generosity pride heart What's important in the filmmaking process has stayed the same. Keep it small, keep it personal, keep it authentic, work with people you like and trust. That process is much longer than the filmmaking process. The development process is a long one, so try and say something of importance. Simon Beaufoy important long people I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.' Simon Beaufoy levels sides book There isnt a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat. Simon Beaufoy issues pigs war As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers. Simon Beaufoy growing-up mother children 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 british tradition way Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life. Simon Beaufoy real life-is drama When you make a movie, a dramatization based on the real experience of a living subject, you cant airbrush that away into to a perfect movie arc. Simon Beaufoy arcs real perfect I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk. Simon Beaufoy desks doom lucky I'm not interested in superheroes. What about normal people doing extraordinary things? Simon Beaufoy doing things not-interested people Being rich would be disastrous for me as a writer. I have always needed to write to pay the bills. Simon Beaufoy me always being-rich rich In times of trial, for inspiration, people want to look to real people rather than to fiction. Simon Beaufoy look real want people I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold. Simon Beaufoy me cold motivation money You do need people. You can't live without them. We're all interconnected in some way. Simon Beaufoy live you people way In the midst of global recession, in the face of uncertainty about what's going to happen next, film looks for inspiration to real people. Simon Beaufoy face uncertainty people looks You write who you are somehow. Even if you try to not to. You can't help but write who you are. I'm just not a very cynical person. I believe in the humanity of people, whether it is just the guys in 'The Full Monty' or Aron Ralston. Simon Beaufoy you humanity believe people
