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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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" Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday. "

Julian Fellowes

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Holiday

" The great houses of Britain have, for centuries, been the guardians of much of our history, not just of the families who built and lived in them, but of the people who worked there, of the local area, of all of us. "

" I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair. "

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

" What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.' "

" You see, in America, it's quite standard for an actor to sign, at the beginning of a series, for five or seven years. The maximum any British agent will allow you to have over an actor is three years. "

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

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

" Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness. "

" I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits. "

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

" I like to take a long time over breakfast, and I can't bear to talk. If a guest is a breakfast talker it's very important to invite another so they can talk to each other. Otherwise they spoil the newspaper reading and everything else. "

" I come from a class which used to be called the gentry - which is nowadays mistakenly used to include the nobility, but in fact is not. The gentry was essentially the untitled landowning class. "

" There are some men who are frightened by strong women and some men who are nurtured by them and feel nervous, with weak clinging vines. And I am very much of the latter category. "

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

" Sometimes you watch one of your favorite shows from 20 years ago and you think, 'I'm loving this, but golly, it's going at the speed of a snail.' "

" Well, you've got to be known for something. The danger of extreme versatility is that you don't spring to mind for anything. "

" 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. "

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

" I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the Old World. "

" 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. "

" I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind. "

" People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree. "

" If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts. "

Julian Fellowes

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You

" I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father. "

" The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture. "

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

Julian Fellowes

Success

Never

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like people who don't accept boundaries. Like Florence Nightingale. And Napoleon or Louis XIV, though I'm not sure how much I'd have liked to meet them. I admire people who aren't circumscribed by circumstance. "

Julian Fellowes

Boundaries

People