Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
drama writing people
The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads.
being-yourself people important
You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.
two boots
When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.
drama moving thinking
From time to time there is a move to do a little less in the way of period dramas, but people rebel. Audiences say we want them. There is a big hunger for them. I don't think it's sentimentality or nostalgia, it's often that they are simply the best stories.
fun america people
Rebecca Eaton has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.
humour dickens
Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.
teacher writing age
I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer."
needs wonderful problem
The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.
hands dirt lows
The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.
drama optimistic periods
I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.
growing-up teenager drinking
As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death."
writing stories love-story
I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.
numbers classic ridiculous
I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.
eye focus mouths
I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.