Adaptation Quotes
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On the changes made to Nathaniel Hawthorne`s "The Scarlet Letter" (she starred in the adaptation): In truth, not very many people have read the book...the ultimate message of "Hester Prynne" would have been lost if we`d stayed with the original ending.
Demi Moore
Keywords: adaptation :: been :: book :: changes :: ending :: have :: hawthorne :: hester :: if :: in :: letter :: lost :: made :: many :: message :: nathaniel :: not :: of :: on :: original :: people :: prynne :: read :: scarlet :: she :: starred :: stayed :: the :: to :: truth :: ultimate :: very :: we :: with :: wouldSource: imdb.com -
My God, I was settling in for a long winter`s nap. I`ve been nominated, like 789 times, but it hasn`t been since the Mesozoic Era that I`ve actually won. (on winning a Golden Globe for _Adaptation._ (2002))
Meryl Streep
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[Criticizing the film adaptation of Sin City (2005)]: That was so painfully cartoonish I was offended. I don`t know how you enjoy or laugh about a child abduction and molestation. What part of that sentence is funny? I can`t get beyond that. I don`t know ...
Jodie Foster
Keywords: 2005 :: abduction :: about :: adaptation :: and :: beyond :: can :: cartoonish :: child :: city :: criticizing :: don :: enjoy :: everyo :: film :: funny :: get :: how :: if :: is :: know :: laugh :: molestation :: of :: offended :: or :: painfully :: part :: sentence :: sin :: so :: that :: the :: was :: what :: youSource: imdb.com
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Well, we are doppelgangers. - on that Howard Stern nearly played Scarecrow, Cillian`s role in Batman Begins (2005), in an early attempted adaptation.
Cillian Murphy
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[Explaining why he refused a cameo in a film adaptation of his TV series `Magnum PI`]: I tell you what worries me - because I love Magnum and we have loyal fans - is they take these TV show titles, and they buy them and they spend $100 million on special ...
Tom Selleck
Keywords: 100 :: adaptation :: and :: because :: buy :: cameo :: effects :: explaining :: fans :: film :: have :: he :: his :: in :: is :: love :: loyal :: magnum :: me :: million :: of :: on :: pi :: refused :: series :: show :: special :: spend :: take :: tell :: them :: these :: they :: titles :: tv :: we :: what :: why :: worries :: youSource: imdb.com
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What`s most gratifying to me is Sarah Polley getting a nomination for screenplay adaptation. I was afraid she wouldn`t be recognized. I wondered if they were going to get this great piece of work. I`m very glad I did it because it`s a terribly important i...
Julie Christie
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When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment.
Allison Gibney
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We want to be the premier data provider for the customers we serve. This will allow for greater adaptation for converged services.
Todd Smith
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We now have 32 owners, and everyone has their own agenda. We have to be careful that we keep a sense of tradition balanced with ... adaptation to the times we`re in.
Robert Kraft
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Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.
Walter Lang
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They give me the money, I give them the book. Having input into the adaptation would be kind of like selling a house and coming back three years later and saying, `Paint it this color!`
André Roux
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Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience.
Alejandro Moreno
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.
Alex Culbertson
Keywords: adaptation :: and :: been :: but :: case :: deviate :: do :: every :: exceeding :: for :: from :: full :: has :: history :: impossible :: in :: insistence :: let :: look :: not :: of :: on :: one :: opportunities :: path :: powers :: process :: quiet :: remember :: single :: slowness :: steadfast :: that :: the :: yourSource: brainyquote.com
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My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune.
Sonny Rollins
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In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
AJ Nicholson
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I`ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.
Satyajit Ray
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I`m not sure how many people were aware that `Othello` was black, so when she did that play, she opened everyone`s eyes, ... Her adaptation of that play was very fresh when she did it. It was something new that people had never seen before, which was typi...
Kelly Ward
Keywords: adaptation :: aware :: before :: black :: did :: everyone :: eyes :: fresh :: had :: her :: how :: it :: many :: never :: new :: not :: of :: opened :: othello :: people :: play :: seen :: she :: so :: something :: sure :: that :: typical :: very :: was :: were :: when :: whichSource: thinkexist.com
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I`m going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.
Norman Jewison
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what`s called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
Warren Christopher
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As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists of the two simultaneous but quite separate phenomena of adaptation and diversification.
Alejandro Queral
Keywords: adaptation :: and :: as :: but :: change :: consequence :: consists :: described :: diversification :: evolution :: fact :: frequencies :: gene :: geneticists :: ignoring :: in :: of :: phenomena :: populations :: quite :: separate :: simply :: simultaneous :: that :: the :: totally :: twoSource: brainyquote.com
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Animals have over evolutionary time survived these disturbances over and over and over again, ... Individual adaptation to the environment will serve them as it does in normal circumstances.
Mark Wallace
Keywords: adaptation :: again :: and :: animals :: as :: circumstances :: disturbances :: does :: environment :: evolutionary :: have :: in :: individual :: it :: normal :: over :: serve :: survived :: the :: them :: these :: time :: to :: willSource: thinkexist.com
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After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.
Terry Southern
