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When you're working with a series that's as interesting as one about polygamy, you want to make sure it raises people's curiosity.


Ian Schafer

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IAN MCEWAN I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
IAN MCEWAN What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and...
IAN MCEWAN I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.
IAN MCEWAN You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other.
IAN MCEWAN I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don&#...
IAN MCEWAN One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any fra...
IAN MCEWAN True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
IAN MCEWAN But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the...
IAN MCDIARMID For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chan...
IAN MCDIARMID I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite g...
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