“Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.” HalfBreakMillionsRecordsSellsBreak Even Author:Maynard James Keenan
“The character [Maigret] is bound to change and develop, and I wouldn't like to claim that we are perfectly formed straight out of the box. I think it's what I'd call an 'optimistic start'. As you know, for me, no glass is anything other than half empty, so I apologise for my reticence in terms of promoting this programme.” ThinkingKnowsCharacterTermHalfEmptyClaimsBoundsGlassesBoxesOptimisticPromotingProgrammesHalf EmptyReticence Author:Rowan Atkinson
“The first couple of weeks of filming were quite tricky for me to find my feet with the character [Maigret], which wasn't helped by the story that we were telling.” FirstsCharacterStoriesWeekFeetCoupleTricky Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I think there are a lot of things that are different and there are a lot of things that are the same.” ThinkingDifferent Author:Klayton
“[Maigret Sets a Trap] was always going to be the first film, and it seemed to be quite a nice story. But of course it meant that here I was playing this new character for the first time, in a place where he had been a relative failure, as all these people had been murdered and the pressure was on. Rather than starting optimistically with his pipe in front of the fireplace, he was in quite a difficult place.” PeopleFirstsCharacterStoriesFilmCoursesDifficultNiceFrontsFirst TimePressureStartingRelativeTrapsPipeFireplaces Author:Rowan Atkinson
“The Maigret stories are all very different in terms of the content and the way that the stories are told. They're not what I would call formulaic.” WayDifferentStoriesTerm Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I've read about eight or ten of the original novels, and one of them is where Maigret's in bed for the entire story! His wife is running around and solving the case!” StoriesRunningCasesNovelWifeBedTenOriginalsEight Author:Rowan Atkinson
“If anything, technology has brought out the darker and more sinister side of humanity.” IfsHumanitySidesTechnologySinister Author:Klayton
“[Georges] Simenon could be very brave like that. You never quite know what you're going to get or how the story's going to be told.” KnowsStoriesBraveNever Quit Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I'm looking around at the real world and I'm kind of seeing that as technology is advancing and the human race is advancing, we are kind of also taking steps backward.” WorldHumansKindRealRaceStepsTechnologySeeingHuman RaceReal WorldAdvancing Author:Klayton