If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right. Christopher Hampton bookfilmgood Change image and share on social
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs. Christopher Hampton criticdogfelt Change image and share on social
I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that. Christopher Hampton filmloveword Change image and share on social
There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films. Christopher Hampton adaptbadbook Change image and share on social
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. Christopher Hampton decadencefeeblesophistication Change image and share on social
I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species. Christopher Hampton changedramaticendanger Change image and share on social
I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth. Christopher Hampton dividefalselygroup Change image and share on social
I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine. Christopher Hampton ashamedcourtmine Change image and share on social
