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Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#get #idea #intrigued #listen #lives

The fact is that I loved being in England. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#england #fact #i #loved

Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#about #back #book #california #class

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#different #different way #done #fascinating #passage

But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director. ↗

— Mel Smith

#being #considered #director #given #hope

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director. ↗

— Mel Smith

#anyway #before #being #considered #directed

I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here. ↗

— Mel Smith

#credit #enough #given #here #i

I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her. ↗

— Mel Smith

#had #her #i #i think #i wish

In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done. ↗

— Mel Smith

#film #helicopter #london #often #showed

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#big #big stuff #god #i #know