Quote:
"I selected this location [Kirby Hall] because I was keen to show something a little bit more grand and majestic, beautiful, but faded; its majesty was worn and torn. [...] Clearly they're a family hanging onto a glory that is waning, and I do believe that that was Austen's intent with Mansfield Park."
-- Patricia Rozema

Source:
Rozema, Patricia. "Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Patricia Rozema."Mansfield Park, DVD. Directed by Patricia Rozema. Montreal: Alliance Atlantis, 2000.