Quotes About Adaptation

Integrating is easier when you have a job in Canada.

I actually grew up in Europe half my life. Then Canada, then the States.

Here in Canada, I haven't people, I haven't family, I haven't friends. So I'm not happy here.

A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.

Cancelled isn't a bad word because it happens everyday.

Not many people whose series gets cancelled get to come and put the period at the end of the sentence.

I was raised in the NBA. I've seen some guys stay and I've seen a lot go. I've watched James Harden be a rival of mine for Sixth Man of the Year to an MVP candidate.

But our writer, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - it was very much in her mind. After we had done 'A Room With a View' and 'Maurice,' she urged us to think about 'Howards End' as another candidate for adaptation.

Experience is the cane of the blind.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

I think everybody has the capacity for change.

Learning on the job as England captain is hard.

In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you're not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate.

The bicycle thing - well, since people couldn't use their cars, they had to use their bicycles, didn't they?

If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's guess.

I had this thing where I only wanted to work on original material, no adaptations, and obviously, that changed. I really wanted to have the resources and have the space and the time to tell stories that I've really cared about. I've kind of changed my approach, but I've gotten to do that, to tell stories that I really care about.

I don't feel like my career path has changed.

Careers don't seem to be built up in the same way as they were in the 80s.

We did not do a good enough job of taking care of the people who were losing their careers and retraining them into the new economy.

People in academia and industry are not accustomed to people who have long lapses in their careers.

Some players have to change their game in their careers. I did, and I like it.

Well, at different points of people's careers or lives or circumstances, things are different.

Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.

You gotta be careful and just learn from your mistakes.