The women in 'Downton Abbey' don't compare to the women in 'Upstairs Downstairs.' Ours are stunning. We've got Laura Haddock, Keeley Hawes, Claire Foy... beautiful women.

I'd like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it better.

As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately.

I love stories - devising them, writing them, reading them, watching them, being a part of them.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

Shakti' moves on various levels - love in Canada, feudalism in India and, above all, a mother's fierce fight against her father-in-law to wrest back custody of her child.

I do not wish to share any parenting responsibilities with Michael because he is doing so well without me.

The last day of shooting, there were tears. It was this family that's grown together over the years. Many of us have worked on it since the beginning, so there's a sadness when we all go our separate ways.