Careful Quote by Benedict Cumberbatch

I've done a lot of period drama before. A lot of my jobs have been that.

— Joseph Morgan

I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to…

— Caitriona Balfe

Period dramas have their own challenges. One must work hard to ensure that you don't just embrace the character you are playing, you also…

— Mohit Raina

With period dramas, it's very easy to get excited because I love to do them. I'm a history nut and I love to immerse…

— Clive Standen

Do not think that it is possible to repeat another period.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.

— Tamsin Egerton

If someone said, "Would you like to do the period drama?," I'd say, "Hell, yeah! I'd love to do that!" To dig into history…

— Steve Pink

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

— Rebecca Hall

I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.

— Emily Blunt

With period dramas, it's very easy to get excited because I love to do them.

— Clive Standen

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

— Arthur Darvill