Adaptation Quote by James Franco

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.

— Ralph Fiennes

Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a…

— Noah Baumbach

I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.

— Harmony Korine

I've had stuff of mine adapted by other people, so I've come to the conclusion that a movie is a different form from a…

— Donald E. Westlake

I've been in a few films that have been adapted and, as an actor, the amount of resources and things you can gain just…

— Asa Butterfield

When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope…

— Jason Reitman

The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original…

— Walter Salles

I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.

— Guillermo del Toro

I feel films are made by characters and no matter what each one of them plays, it helps you to build a movie.

— Prachi Desai

Whatever the genre of film you're doing and whatever the source material is, you have to adapt to the different genre, but it's the…

— Ben Schnetzer

I could never be a part of an adaptation of a film where there's pressure to not disappoint the immense fan base. In those…

— Alexander Payne

I don't think I've succeeded in making any really good films. There are moments, scenes, whole movements that sing. It has all added up…

— Jean-Luc Godard