My parents were incredibly inclusive.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.

Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.

It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.

Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.