Lily Collins Quotes

I really love period pieces.

I like period pieces.

One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama.

I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?' What?' And I kinda made a big plea in the writer's room, like, 'Guys, you should really watch it. It's good. It's addicting. My wife and I are obsessed with it.'

While I appreciate horror movies, I'd love the opportunity to do something transformative, especially because people see me as contemporary. There's a lot to explore in my career that could take me back to another time. A period piece would be an incredible game of dress-up, too.

I love period dramas.

'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.

I would like to do a period piece. I think that would be fun.

When I heard I had gotten 'Downton Abbey,' I remember I was standing on a freezing cold street in Manchester where we were shooting the Manchester part of 'West is West.'

I've always wanted to do a period piece.

You don't automatically assume everyone will fall for a period drama.

I'd love to do a period piece.

When a lot of people watch these Victorian-era shows, they're in love with the costumes, the romance, the whole sweep of it all. But there is nothing nostalgic about 'The Knick' at all.

I've always dreamed of doing a period piece, I just never knew what it would be.

I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece.

My wife tells me I should check out 'Downton Abbey', but I gather that series might be almost too intense for my temperate nature.

I am a huge 'Downton Abbey' fan - huge!

'Downton Abbey' didn't have the impact it had just because it was a good story about people. It was something about that period and that world that was fascinating to people on a level that wasn't just as an entertainment.

When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market.

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge because of the way people carried themselves. There are so many incredible stories within those centuries - just the language and the way they carried themselves and what they were going through.

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story.

I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.

I've always wanted to do a period movie, to do something the turn of the century, and I'm really fascinated by that whole time period.

I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.