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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. (Julian Fellowes)
For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban. View quote
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Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness. View quote
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In the end, drama is successful if you care about the people. View quote
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What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.' View quote
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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. View quote
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My own belief is that most people are trying to do their best. It doesn't mean they have no nasty side, or that they don't have a bad temper, or that they have never done anything they feel ashamed of. But fiction operates on people waking up trying to be horrible, and I don't think most people are trying to be horrible. View quote
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The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms. View quote
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I love 'Sex and the City;' I think I've seen every episode. View quote
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I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits. View quote
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I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family. (Julian Fellowes)
Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails, or cars slamming into each other or burning buildings. It's a general clean-out. View quote
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I think American television changed world television in its reinvention of the series. View quote
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Of course I love winning things; I can't tell you how much I enjoy it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I just don't believe in generalisations. View quote
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Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera. View quote
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A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle. View quote
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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.' View quote
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I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the old world. (Julian Fellowes)
We live a life that is often spent in crowds - parties, festivals and first nights - so it's nice to avoid them. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality. View quote
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