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Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness.

I love 'Sex and the City;' I think I've seen every episode.

Sometimes you watch one of your favorite shows from 20 years ago and you think, 'I'm loving this, but golly, it's going at the speed of a snail.'

The '20s are a very interesting period to me.

You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny.

Well, you've got to be known for something. The danger of extreme versatility is that you don't spring to mind for anything.

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

Julian Fellowes