Andrew Davies Quotes About Drama

Quotes about: Drama

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

  Andrew Davies

  Drama, Optimistic, Periods

  "Andrew Davies: BBC period drama is 'going downmarket'" by Leigh Holmwood, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2009.

• Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.

  Andrew Davies

  Drama, Needs, Tvs

• From time to time there is a move to do a little less in the way of period dramas, but people rebel. Audiences say we want them. There is a big hunger for them. I don't think it's sentimentality or nostalgia, it's often that they are simply the best stories.

  Andrew Davies

  Drama, Moving, Thinking

• I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.

  Andrew Davies

  Drama, Character, Stories

  "Andrew Davies: BBC period drama is 'going downmarket'" by Leigh Holmwood, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2009.

• I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing.

  Andrew Davies

  Drama, Thinking, People

  "This much I know". Interview with Catriona O'Shaughnessy, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2006.

• The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads.

  Andrew Davies

  Drama, Writing, People

  Source: collider.com

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