Jessica Brown Findlay Quotes

Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.

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.

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.'

I would love to do a British period drama.

I really love period pieces.

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

I did 'Little Dorrit' a few years ago; I really love doing period dramas. It's stuff like that I really enjoy watching.

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

It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.

Setting a movie in an earlier age gives it a mythical quality.

'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values.

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 a sucker for period pieces. There is always great opportunity for research and to delude yourself into feeling like you are in a different time and place.

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.

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 love period dramas - be it romance or philosophy.

No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama.

I would love to do something in the thriller category. Not so much horror, but I would love to do a full-on psychological thriller. That would be really interesting. A period piece would also be fantastic.

Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

'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.

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