I seem finally to have stopped worrying about Elinor, and age. She seems now to be perfectly normal -- about twenty-five, a witty control freak. I like her, but I can see how she would drive you mad. She's just the sort of person you'd want to get drunk, just to make her giggling and silly.

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film