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If my 12-year-old self knew that there was going to be a Broadway adaptation of 'Newsies,' I would have freaked out.

~Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Topics: Adaptation Broadway Freaked Going Knew Out Self Would

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Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre.

~Andrzej Wajda

Topics: Adaptation Implied Name Rely Scripts Should Television Theatre Written

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A writer loses possession of her work as soon as it's reaches its audience. Each reader brings his own experience and prejudice and imagination to the work. Television adaptation just goes one step further, and the novelist has to learn to let go.

~Ann Cleeves

Topics: Adaptation Audience Brings Each Experience Further Go Goes Her His Imagination Just Learn Let Go Loses Novelist Own Possession Prejudice Reader Soon Step Television Work Writer

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The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Actions Adaptation Basis Bless Endeavour General Happiness Lives Mankind May Morality Our Our Lives Promotion Rule Serve True Utility Welfare

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When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

~Ashwin Sanghi

Topics: Adaptation Cinematic Details Evoke Finer Helps Imagery Period Working

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The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx, Penguins) show these adaptations in a greatly reduced form.

~August Krogh

Topics: Adaptation Adapted Birds Definitely Fact Flight Fly Form Function Greatly Mechanisms Reduced Respiratory Show Which

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After I sold my screenplay adaptation of 'Rain Fall' to Sony Pictures, I had no more creative involvement.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Adaptation After Creative Fall Had Involvement More Pictures Rain Screenplay Sold Sony

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'Noah' doesn't merely get the story wrong; like all Biblical adaptations, it's bound to do that (although some aspects of the film are out and out ridiculous). It gets the morality of the story wrong, and in the process turns God into Gaia and morality into radical deep green environmentalism.

~Ben Shapiro

Topics: Adaptation Although Aspects Bible Bound Deep Environmentalism Film Get Gets God Green Like Merely Morality Noah Out Process Radical Ridiculous Some Story Turns Wrong

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If you write an original, it's like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, it's like the oil well's on fire, and they bring you in to put the fire out and get it working again - or something like that.

~Brian Helgeland

Topics: Adaptation Again Bring Dug Fire Get Hit Like Oil Original Out Put Something Well Working Write You

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Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In that case, I felt I was guardian of the work, staying as true to the novel as I could. I've since met the novelist, and he loves the movie and the script.

~Brian Helgeland

Topics: Adaptation Because Book Case Confidential Could Felt Guardian He Interpreting Loved Loves Met Movie Novel Novelist Original Satisfying Script Since Staying True Work Working You Your

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