I think you are doing a disservice to a novel just by transposing it wholesale onto the screen, because it doesn’t work. They are completely different beasts. Simon Beaufoy Read Quote
In times of trial, for inspiration, people want to look to real people rather than to fiction. Simon Beaufoy Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
You do need people. You can’t live without them. We’re all interconnected in some way. Simon Beaufoy Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’m very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk. Simon Beaufoy Read Quote
I believe innately in the human spirit being a powerful and positive thing. And that just comes out, whether you like it or not. It comes out in the writing. Simon Beaufoy Read Quote
The Full Monty’ was my first feature script, and I wasn’t that skilled at it. Simon Beaufoy Read Quote
I’m not into being all ‘film-y’ and going to the premieres and parties. I tend to feel like the embarrassing uncle at a wedding. Simon Beaufoy Read Quote
