Why does Ian think I have to kiss you?
The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.
I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.
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 prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.
I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.
I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.
We women have to stick together.
Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.
Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact. Right? And it never really works out that way.
It's a mistake to try to avoid the unpleasant things in life. . . But I'm beginning to consider it.