“The people who are involved in the development of making films and television are not necessarily the most imaginative of people, to be honest. Well, they're not! I'm not being generically rude. But it's just a fact.”

—  Robbie Coltrane

Source: Robbie Coltrane: 'I take no nonsense' https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/nov/09/robbie-coltrane-interview-great-expectations (9 November 2012)

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