The film ‘The Queen’ came about with a producer saying to me that he wanted me to write about the circumstances behind Diana’s death. I think he was hoping that I would come up with some journalistic scoop that would identify an MI5 covert plot. Peter Morgan Read Quote
I’m quick to be upset. My feelings are close to the surface. There is not much gap between a thought and a feeling with me. It makes it difficult for some people. I feel too much. Peter Morgan Read Quote
I quite like the idea – just as an abstract idea – of 12 people’s collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led – I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it’s hard to hoodwink. Peter Morgan Read Quote
The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers. Peter Morgan Read Quote
Sometimes you are lucky enough to get offered things, and there is no rhyme or reason. I am very lucky because I come from England, and you have a whole range of things offered to you, from television plays and shows and theatre, so much more to explore, so it’s never really money. Peter Morgan Read Quote
I am drawn to characters so full of internal contradictions. Idi Amin was one. I loved writing him. Peter Morgan Read Quote
I have a great deal of compassion for those in public life and what we have done to them. Peter Morgan Read Quote
