I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does. Andrew Davies More Quotes by Andrew Davies More Quotes From Andrew Davies I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic. Andrew Davies focus eye mouths Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children. Andrew Davies advice giving children The most moving scene for me in 'Pride and Prejudice' is the Pemberley music room scene: Elizabeth has just saved Darcy's sister from embarrassment and confusion, and as the music plays on, Darcy's look of gratitude becomes a look of love, which we see reciprocated in Elizabeth's eyes. Andrew Davies gratitude eye moving I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer." Andrew Davies age writing teacher I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff. Andrew Davies quality people thinking Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. Andrew Davies lines character looks As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death." Andrew Davies teenager growing-up drinking I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car. Andrew Davies dark blue beautiful I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces. Andrew Davies university teach taste I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing. Andrew Davies optimistic periods drama I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays the bills because a writer doesn't make any money. If possible, get a job that allows you to write in your spare time." Andrew Davies writing jobs father One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes. Andrew Davies necks adaptation clothes I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up. Andrew Davies ridiculous classic numbers I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically. Andrew Davies love-story stories writing The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads. Andrew Davies writing drama people I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations. Andrew Davies adaptation classic frustration A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in because it was such a tip. Andrew Davies producers office years When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot. Andrew Davies boots two The older I get, the more fun it is to write young people. It's just a holiday from what is becoming old age, really. Andrew Davies holiday writing fun 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. Andrew Davies dickens adaptation son
