My own theory is that Roman thinks of himself as Oliver Twist
Ronald Harwood
Easier to climb up, than to just hang on
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That argument enters into the equation of fiction and prevents the real judgment of character.
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He wanted to make a picture for children. So I read a lot of stuff and he read a lot of stuff.... But I don't like all those fantasy books, I'm not good at 'Lord of the Rings' and the 'Harry Potters.'... It's not my world. I like things to do with reality and the world we live in -- or lived in.
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When he talks about his past, it is as if he is talking about someone else,.. He never emotionalizes it. He never colors it. It's just: That's what happened. In 'Oliver Twist,' it's much more concealed, but I think it is entirely autobiographical, because of what happens to a little boy, and how he does come through.
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[Both men are consciously Jewish. Neither, says Harwood, was bothered by Dickens's anti-Semitic overtones.] I can honestly say we never talked about it,.. I wouldn't insult him. We're both grown men.
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It's a terrific.. You can't put it down. So I phoned him back and I said I'd love to do it. I went over to Paris for a meeting, and we just talked very generally about the approach.
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He's very concealed, Polanski. We became very close friends, but I don't think I ever saw him drop his guard. I didn't see him upset or anything like that, we just did the work.
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No, I can't write treatments, I think there's a danger with treatments. That you.. You write out your first excitement and enthusiasm in a prose treatment.
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