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.
Julian FellowesWhat'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.
Julian FellowesIf 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.
Julian FellowesIt's the gloomy things that need our help, if everything in the garden is sunny, why meddle?
Julian FellowesMaggie 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.
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