'It could be better' is the only thing that anyone should write in the margins of their own script. — Ol Parker Better Copy Share Image
Meryl's Donna embodied the spirit of ABBA and 'Mamma Mia!' in the first film. — Ol Parker Abba Copy Share Image
And Cher, obviously, can never do anything other than go for it. She's all in. — Ol Parker Anything Copy Share Image
Before you turn 40 you think, 'everyone else is going to die, but not me,' then you realize death is certain for… — Ol Parker Death Copy Share Image
I have two girls and one is now nearly a teenager - it is terrifying. — Ol Parker Nearly Copy Share Image
'Dancing Queen' was the hardest to pull off, all those boats and all those people dancing around the street with boats coming… — Ol Parker Around the corner Copy Share Image
I wrote the 'Marigold Hotel' series and with the first one, people hated it in the U.K. but in America they really… — Ol Parker America Copy Share Image
I have a brilliant memory of being driven back to school when 'Super Trouper' was number one in the charts in 1980.… — Ol Parker Great Copy Share Image
You can only shoot in India for three months a year, otherwise it's very inhospitable. — Ol Parker India Copy Share Image
There's a sports saying, if you aren't playing offense, you're playing defense, so if you are coming back for a sequel not… — Ol Parker Aim Copy Share Image
Richard Curtis has an encyclopedic knowledge of ABBA, which defeats even mine. — Ol Parker Abba Copy Share Image
It's the easiest thing in the world, when you're 80, to not go to India to make a movie. — Ol Parker Go Copy Share Image
The greatest moment of all was her on set, and she said, 'Would you mind if you change the order of the… — Ol Parker Change Copy Share Image
Look, I'd take a suggestion from my grandmother if I thought it would improve a film I was writing. — Ol Parker Cinema Copy Share Image
I wrote a film for Tom Hanks and I wrote two films for Paul Greengrass that didn't actually happen. The paradox is… — Ol Parker Film Copy Share Image
I think films are a really small target. They're really hard to make, and they're a really tiny target. — Ol Parker Cinema Copy Share Image
I wouldn't make the film that was an hour and half progression from sadness to despair. I'm hugely optimistic. — Ol Parker Despair Copy Share Image
As I get older, I find the things that I thought would be sorted by now aren't. The idea of writing stuff… — Ol Parker Find Copy Share Image
'Waterloo' was probably my favorite. That was enormous fun and we laughed a lot. — Ol Parker Favorite Copy Share Image
It's the nicest thing when you're constantly surprised by your partner. — Ol Parker Nicest Copy Share Image
Being a teenager anyway is incredibly intense and every moment is invested with ferocious importance. — Ol Parker Being Copy Share Image
The other night my daughter shouted: 'What's that flying out of the window? It's the rules!' So that's how we roll. — Ol Parker Children Copy Share Image
Sequels are hard. What people want is to see the first film again for the first time and that simply isn't possible. — Ol Parker First time Copy Share Image
The structure and formula are now so well-known that it's become very hard for the film-maker not to commit the cardinal sin:… — Ol Parker Hard Copy Share Image
I just did what any writer does, tried to listen to the characters, whether they're 18 or 80. — Ol Parker Does Copy Share Image
