People Like Bonnets. I Don't Think You

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.

Look At Jane Austen. Her Characters Derive In A Reasonably Straight Line From Fairy Tales.

I Got Quite Cross When I Heard About Emma Thompson Adapting 'sense And Sensibility.' It Was Absolutely Childish Of Me, But I Thought, 'i Should Be Doing That. They Didn't Even Ask Me.' Some Mistake, Surely.

'affinity' Is Beautiful And Intense, With No Laughs. It's A Rather Delicate And Emotional Love Story, With A Spooky Element.

Most Actors Hate Readthroughs - They're Exposing Themselves Before They're Ready To, And Before They've Bonded. But I Love Them Because They Give Us All The First Inkling Of What The Whole Show Is Going To Be Like, How Each Part Affects Every Other Part, And We Won't See That Again Until It's All Edited Together.