. CNN : I think a lot of fans , maybe a lot of people , and those of you among the cast , did n't think this day would actually ever come ... but here we are . So how are you feeling deep inside , Sarah ? Sarah Jessica Parker : I feel extraordinarily privileged . I 've spent the last two years cobbling this movie together . ... It 's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of professional experience and one really should n't be greedy enough to ask for it twice . Watch the cast talk about the thrill of `` Sex '' '' I have to say that , this last six , eight months , was better than those seven years -LSB- the show aired -RSB- and I think it 's because we all recognize how lucky and unique those seven years were and that this is a story that you do n't get to tell twice . It has been , I must say , worth every obstacle and dead end , and fit and start , and every moment that was seemingly impossible . It has been a dream . CNN : And I imagine
NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's been five years since Carrie Bradshaw journeyed to Paris in search of true love on the series finale of `` Sex and the City . '' She appeared to have found it in the arms of Mr. Big , and she returned to New York -- and her now-settled friends -- ready for a new start . Sarah Jessica Parker was a driving force in creating the '' Sex and the City '' movie . Then came the inevitable cry : That 's it ? What happens next ? Sarah Jessica Parker , who played Carrie , wanted to find out as well . But the situation had to be right , she said , which prompted a cascade of rumors as plans for a movie came together , fell apart and came together again . Now that the movie is out , Parker -- who 's a producer of the film as well as one of its stars -- talked about the journey to making a big-screen `` Sex and the City '' with `` Showbiz Tonight '' anchor A.J. Hammer . The following is an edited version of that interview