The 53+ Julian Fellowes Quotes

The Movies Are Funny, In One Way, Because You Think Of Everyone Being As Beautiful As The Dawn, But That Isn't True.

What's Difficult For American Audiences Is That They're Used To A System Here Where You Can Get An Actor For Five Years Or Even Seven, And That Is Signed For At The Audition. Whereas In England, No Agent Will Give You An Actor For More Than Three Years.

If You're In The Movie Or In Television, Your Failures Are Very Public, And So Are Your Successes. You Weigh Them Up Against Each Other, Really.

I Think It's Always A Challenge To Adapt Something From One Medium To Another - A Novel Into A Film Or A Play Into A Movie Or Whatever.

Education. Experience. Or Are They The Same Thing?

Lawyers Are Always Confident Before The Verdict. It's Only After That They Share Their Doubts.

Maggie Smith Has A Unique Sense Of Comedy, Based On A Somewhat Ironic View Of Real Life, Making It Both Funnier And More Sad. But Perhaps Her Greatest Ability, Or At Least The One That Most Intrigues Me, Is How She Can Convey Deep And Powerful Emotion Without A Trace Of Sentimentality.

There Are Many Nations That Have Perfected A Particular Room. You Know, You Have The French Drawing-room, The Austrian Ball Room, The German Dining Room, And I Think The Library Is A Room The English Get Right.

He's Lived A Fiction. And, Of Course, He Thinks That If You Love Someone Enough, They Will Love You. And That If You Steer Things Enough, Things Will, Under Your Control, Come Right. And This Is The Fiction Of The Controller: A Controller Thinks That They Can Control Their Life Into Being What They Want It To Be. But Their Life Will Never Be What They Want It To Be Until They Stop Controlling, And That Is Their Journey.

My Parents Came From Different Backgrounds. My Father's Was Grander Than My Mother's, So My Mother Had... To Put Up With The Disapproval Of My Father's Relations.

Of Course I Love Winning Things; I Can't Tell You How Much I Enjoy It.

Nothing Is Harder To Dramatize Than Happiness.