Death Quote by Peter Morgan

The question is - did Richard Attenborough have a right to make 'Gandhi?' And did Danny Boyle have a right to make 'Slumdog Millionaire?'…

— Shekhar Kapur

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.…

— Peter Morgan

As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth…

— Shekhar Kapur

It was okay but then I found myself in that position of being merely a screenwriter. And you are merely the screenwriter, and there's…

— James Ivory

I think we have reached a level in society - with Helen Mirren playing The Queen - when we're not surprised any more. We…

— David Suchet

Andy was not a director and not a writer. He operated the camera a little bit, and he wasn't even so good at that.

— Paul Morrissey

Tony Blair is like an actor who doesn't really believe in his script himself but has the incredible skill to make everyone else believe…

— Tom Conti

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

— Albert Brooks

I'd been working so hard making the film that I hadn't even emotionally processed the fact that I was a director.

— William Monahan

There have been times I worked with directors who lost interest halfway into the film.

— Dino Morea

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

— Jeanne Moreau

I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think were quite…

— Emma Donoghue