As a dramatist, you have 200 choices at every fork in the road. But the audience will reject it if you make the wrong choice, if they feel you are trying to shape the character in a way that suits… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
When you make a choice as a writer about what it is you want to write, and what it is you're going to spend six months thinking about, you have to fall in love. — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
“Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
If you think about what you do, if you become self-conscious about it, you've got to be very careful. Because I really like to… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm not being presumptuous, I hope, when I say that 'The Crown' is little bit like 'The Godfather.' It is essentially about a family… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Having a phone call from Steven Spielberg was just a fantastic rite of passage. I loved it, and he was very focused, very likable,… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I don't think of the crown as this glamorous thing. It's this murderous, bejeweled thing, the crown. — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
The stuff that I have perhaps become known for that's based on fact, and English statesmen shouting at each other all the time, doesn't… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration,… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
In some shape or form, we do have an emotional connection to our head of state, even if, for the most part, they seem… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
My experience is, I do a table reading, and it's literally like it's written in colossal neon lights what's wrong with the screenplay. — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image