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" I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up. "

Julian Fellowes

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" You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. "

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" Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyone's consideration. "

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" What I dislike about movie culture is that it often presents a parable of our problems - but the issues are all straightforward and the people are either nice or they're not. In real life, everyone falls between those perimeters, but not many American films operate in that grey area. "

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" You know, I'm not a revolutionary. "

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" I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time. "

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" Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera. "

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" Although 'L.A. Confidential' is a long movie, there's never a moment when you think, 'I'm loving this... but when's dinner?' Each time I see it, I discover something I hadn't noticed before. It has a tremendous skill in developing all the subplots. "

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" I always like to arrive at the airport early to enjoy breakfast and lounge about so that when I get on the plane all my travel fever has disappeared. "

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" There isn't much point in the whole 'celebrity' nonsense unless one is prepared to go out on a limb and, one hopes, speak up for some under-represented section of the community. "

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" To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it. "

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" The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her she ought to marry me. She thought I was as mad as a rat. She wouldn't even give me her telephone number - and she wrote in her diary: 'A funny little man asked me to marry him.' "

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" For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban. "

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" I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give. "

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" Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem. "

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" We live a life that is often spent in crowds - parties, festivals and first nights - so it's nice to avoid them. "

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" I think America has dealt with - I mean, this is simplistic, and of course I don't live in America - but the impression I get is that there is not a kind of obligation to dislike those who are better off or be frightened of those who are worse off. "

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" There is almost nothing in your house that does not tell something about you. "

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" In the end, drama is successful if you care about the people. "

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" The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms. "

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" My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful. "

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" Most of us don't want to be outsiders. "

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" Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness. "

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" I love 'Sex and the City;' I think I've seen every episode. "

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" I have fits of melancholia when I watch the news, but we all do, don't we? "

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" My mother converted to Catholicism to marry my father. "

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" If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality. "

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" When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material. "

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