Sometimes, the actors are thrilled to have visitors because they're just waiting most of the day. It's the directors that are a little busy.

There's always a crisis somewhere, and you get the satisfaction of solving the problem. And then, there's always the mystery of whether a program will work or not, and waiting for the reviews or seeing what the audience figures are.

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.

Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're comparing it to.

My primary job is to choose the programs, either to co-produce them, or acquire them after they're finished. So, I read a lot of scripts, I meet with producers and I read a lot of books.

There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.

To be a working actor in England is a life. I think it's harder in this country. Either you are a superstar or a starving actor.