“Oh, I loved my [onscreen] children! I loved them! The fourth film, I wasn’t in it, and
“Oh, I loved my [onscreen] children! I loved them! The fourth film, I wasn’t in it, and I got postcard from them saying, ‘Come back, Mom! Dad can’t control us!’ The whole feel of the job was very homey and very family. I’ve never known a film [series] like it. I suppose it’s because we were there for 10 years and we saw the children grow up and the rest of us grow old. It didn’t ever feel like work.” —Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) -- source link