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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. "

Julian Fellowes

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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