Maggie Stiefvater quote: "I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book."

Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON

It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON

The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or...
ALEX PETTYFER

Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH

I was amazed at the rosy glow that can be around one when you're in a film that's done well.
EMBETH DAVIDTZ

It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the ne...
IRVIN KERSHNER

Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'...
TRACY LETTS

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX

I will tell you that I'm a bit of a snob. I love film, and I would like to work in film, and I&#...
KELLY MASTERSON

I think when romantic comedies are done well, it's a great genre. 'When Harry Met Sally'...
JAMIE DORNAN

I'm very troubled when editors oblige their film critics to read the novel before they see the f...
WHIT STILLMAN

I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted fo...
DAN HARMON

I think everyone is introduced to the Peter Pan story when they're very young. Everyone has read...
CHARLIE ROWE

I've done TV and I've done film, and I'm not snobby about it. It's about the project...
KELLY MACDONALD

I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because i...
KATE MARA

When I do a film score, I am basically nothing more than a fancy pencil for hire. I don't own an...
JAMES HORNER

I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.
JASPER FFORDE

I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Sl...
VIKAS SWARUP

I got chronic stuff that everybody has when they're done playing football for any length of time...
CALVIN JOHNSON

When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set...
JACKIE CHAN

When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I&...
MAIKA MONROE

When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a...
SUSAN HAYWARD

Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tric...
ZOE FOSTER BLAKE

Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelli...
MELISSA ROSENBERG

I've just had the opportunity to see the finished film of 'The Hunger Games.' I'm re...
SUZANNE COLLINS

I think the film you hear about the most is 'The Exorcist.' When people come up to me and sa...
MAX VON SYDOW

The sad thing about reading the book and then watching the movie is that they have to die all over a...
JOYCE RACHELLE

I'm always depressed when a book ends, because those are my friends for however long the book ta...
SEANAN MCGUIRE

'Up' was the best. The first 10 minutes of that movie made me weep. It was so well done... e...
CHARLYNE YI

I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unha...
JOHN LYDON

I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when i...
RANBIR KAPOOR

I personally am a 'discovery writer,' as we're termed, someone who plans the book by wri...
KATHARINE KERR

I'm from New York, and yet I've done only one film executive-produced by Spike Lee and have ...
VING RHAMES

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
STEVEN WRIGHT

Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,&...
W. P. KINSELLA

Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to pub...
BARBARA BUSH

I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what...
ERIC IDLE

'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monst...
RIDLEY SCOTT

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactl...
JONAH HILL

I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love...
STEPHEN DALDRY

Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read....
GABRIELLE ZEVIN

You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talkin...
DANA BRUNETTI

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn'...
TOM CRUISE

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.
MARTIN SCORSESE

My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that w...
JAMES DOBSON

When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93,' he s...
DAVID ALAN BASCHE

It's almost like an optical illusion, 'The Hobbit.' You look at the book, and it is real...
PETER JACKSON

I'd done kids' TV in the U.K., but not great kids' TV. So yes, 'Submarine' was t...
CRAIG ROBERTS

'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I...
WALLACE SHAWN

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It'...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

An author entices the readers with their words, and it is painful for them to even lose a sentence. ...
ASHWIN SANGHI

About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS

You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only...
RICK RIORDAN

I'm looking forward to, as an actor, having to do some stuff that's out of my comfort zone. ...
ANSEL ELGORT

Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing ...
KHALED HOSSEINI

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the bo...
TIBOR FISCHER

When I switched to screenplays - 'cause I had done musicals and plays - the first assignment in ...
ALLISON SCHROEDER

I've always felt I had the talent. I've done a lot in my life. I've written, been in ban...
PAUL EENHOORN

I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we'r...
JASON REITMAN

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true...
TOBE HOOPER

I think digital will displace film, yes. We're talking about digital as a thing of the future, b...
MEL GIBSON

I'm still really interested in acting, I love film so much. It's definitely something I'...
OLIVIA CULPO

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been di...
STANLEY CLARKE

It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal ...
PHILIPPE PETIT

I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the e...
HARMONY KORINE

The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations be...
WALTER SALLES

I'd love to do an action film. I'd love to do a film based on a book series; I love to read ...
KATHERINE MCNAMARA

On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I...
EBERHARD WEBER

No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today bec...
PETER JACKSON

I tend to push whatever is looking over my shoulder away when I am writing. It's once the box of...
DAVID BERGEN

The pinnacle of the fulfillment I can ever experience for my spirit and soul is to hear from the Lor...
NICK VUJICIC

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied: to want more and know that what is done is done. That...
THIERRY HENRY

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. ...
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely differ...
EDDIE MARSAN

One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is tha...
ANDREW TOBIAS

I guess I'm a good manager now. Moreover, I'm loving the concept of donning the producer'...
MALAIKA ARORA KHAN

Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that ...
RUFUS SEWELL

I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when i...
RAE CARSON

'The Custodian' was my first film, and there were so many lessons to learn in that week. It ...
ESSIE DAVIS

I'm not a big, huge star, and so when people see me, it's usually to talk about something I&...
JASON BATEMAN

As far as writing or directing a film, I've worked with enough people who have done that that I ...
ZAK ORTH

I see my role as a translator, telling the story that's in the book using the more visual langua...
JANE GOLDMAN

I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

Sometimes when I pick up a book off the shelf, when I'm buying a new book to read, I'll look...
JENNIFER CARPENTER

I love to give the fans what they want. They're what I miss most when I'm not wrestling. Tha...
HULK HOGAN

For me, the most important thing that I have to accomplish is to be a good father. That's the mo...
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU

If people ask me, 'For you, what is your most important film?' I have a feeling that they al...
MAX VON SYDOW

Any adaptation - and I've done three in my career. I did 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Hugo...
JOHN LOGAN

I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the mos...
JOHN LASSETER

Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first f...
CAITLIN STASEY

When my agents tell me how much I'm going to be paid for a film, instead of quoting a figure, th...
KATE MARA

Writing 'Book 1: The Maze of Bones' didn't feel much different than writing one of my ot...
RICK RIORDAN

I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate t...
NAMIE AMURO

I'm always trying. Between every book, I think, 'Well now, it's time to get down to the ...
ALICE MUNRO

As an artist, there's so many categories that you're put into, that there are so many things...
CARMEN EJOGO

In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - ...
LEE HALL

I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down an...
SUZANNE BROCKMANN

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES

I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.

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Maggie Stiefvater

I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.

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