Quotes by Andrew Davies

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'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

Andrew Davies

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

Andrew Davies

When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.

Andrew Davies

I'm glad nobody has asked me to adapt 'Wuthering Heights' because I think I would make a mess of it. Everybody makes a mess of it. I think the Bronte Sisters are mad.

Andrew Davies

The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.

Andrew Davies

Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.

Andrew Davies

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

I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

Andrew Davies

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

Andrew Davies

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

You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.

Andrew Davies

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

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

Andrew Davies

I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely.

Andrew Davies

Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.

Andrew Davies