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I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.
Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.
One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.
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.
I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.
Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.
My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.
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. "
Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.
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.
I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.
I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.
I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.
People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.
You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.
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.
Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?
I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car.
An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC. . . I was also going to do Dickens' 'Dombey and Son' but they've asked me to do 'David Copperfield' instead.
I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on.