Because dahl was huge in my childhood. and, yeah, itjust has completely changed my life. matilda just changed my life. # r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n- revolting times! # we ll s-i-n-g # u-s-i-n-g # we ll be r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n-g # it is 2-l-8-4-u # we r e volting # there are themes in roald dahl s matilda, that of revenge, anarchy, using your wits to overcome an adversary, a violent adversary as well. is that part of what appealed for you? i think so. i think i really like writing from children s point of view, a kid unpacking the fact that she realises she s different from other people. it was just such a joy to pour all my 37 year old knowledge into a six year old genius. # and when i grow up i will be smart enough
# to answer all the questions that you need to know # the answers to when you re a grown up # # and when i grow up # i will eat sweets every day on the way to work # and i will go to bed late every night # and i will wake up when the sun comes up # and i will watch cartoons until my eyes go square # matilda the musical has now been turned into a film. # r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n- revolting times! # we ll s-i-n-g # u-s-i-n-g # we ll be r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n-g # it means that millions more people around the world will get to see and hear your songs. once it becomes that big, does it change your relationship with your work, with the work that you produce for matilda, do you think?
# and when i grow up i will be smart enough # to answer all the questions that you need to know # # the answers to when you re a grown up # # and when i grow up # i will eat sweets every day # 0n the way to work # and i will go t bed late every night # matilda the musical has now been turned into a film. # r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n- revolting times! # we ll s-i-n-g # u-s-i-n-g # we ll be r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n-g. .. it means that millions more people around the world will get to see and hear your songs.
He s got that as well. and so he called me into a meeting and asked me if i d heard of roald dahl and the story of matilda, which of course i had, because dahl was huge in my childhood. and, yeah, itjust has completely changed my life. matilda just changed my life. # r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n- revolting times! # we ll s-i-n-g- # u-s-i-n-g # it is 2l84u.# # we r e volting # there are themes in roald dahl s matilda, that of revenge, anarchy, using your wits to overcome an adversary, a violent adversary as well. is that part of what appealed for you? i think so. i think i really like writing from children s point of view, a kid unpacking the fact that she realises she s different from other people. it was just such a joy to pour all my 37 year old knowledge into a six year old genius.
You re a grown up # # and when i grow up # i will eat sweets every day on the way to work # and i will go to bed late every night # and i will wake up when the sun comes up # and i will watch cartoons until my eyes go square # does it feel very different matilda the musical has now been turned into a film. # r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n- revolting times! # we ll s-i-n-g # u-s-i-n-g # we ll be r-e-v-o-l-t-i-n-g # it means that millions more people around the world will get to see and hear your songs. once it becomes that big, does it change your relationship with your work, with the work that you produce for matilda, do you think? yeah, itjust has its own life. and one of the extraordinary strokes of luck in my life, of which there have been many,