Julian Fellowes

“When grief is becoming, it is also suspect.”

— Julian Fellowes

“ Bought marmalade? Oh dear, I call that very feeble.”

— Julian Fellowes

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.

— Julian Fellowes

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

— Julian Fellowes

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

— Julian Fellowes

The '20s are a very interesting period to me.

— Julian Fellowes

My mother converted to Catholicism to marry my father.

— Julian Fellowes

I can be as contrary as I choose.

— Julian Fellowes

Of course I love winning things; I can't tell you how much I enjoy it.

— Julian Fellowes

I think other people's depression is frightfully dreary, don't you?

— Julian Fellowes

“ Henry Denton: You Brits really don't have a sense of humor do you? Elsie: We do if something's funny, sir.”

— Julian Fellowes

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

— Julian Fellowes

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

— Julian Fellowes

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

— Julian Fellowes

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

— Julian Fellowes

You are my whole existence and I will love you until my last breath.

— Julian Fellowes

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…

— Julian Fellowes

My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early…

— Julian Fellowes

Today, people often make the American mistake of confusing acquaintances with friends. The former are there to share life's pleasures; only the…

— Julian Fellowes

“This phenomenon, where the losers of a revolution try to demonstrate their support for, and approval of, the changes that have destroyed…

— Julian Fellowes

Sometimes you watch one of your favorite shows from 20 years ago and you think, 'I'm loving this, but golly, it's going…

— Julian Fellowes

I always like to arrive at the airport early to enjoy breakfast and lounge about so that when I get on the…

— Julian Fellowes

“Nor should they be, but everyone needs to feel they're part of something worthwhile. That, in the last analysis, their life has…

— Julian Fellowes

In my defence I can only say that her past, too, like mine, like everyone's in fact, was a locked box. Occasionally…

— Julian Fellowes

What I dislike about movie culture is that it often presents a parable of our problems - but the issues are all…

— Julian Fellowes

Lust, that state commonly known as 'being in love,' is a kind of madness. It is a distortion of reality so remarkable…

— Julian Fellowes

Maggie Smith has a unique sense of comedy, based on a somewhat ironic view of real life, making it both funnier and…

— Julian Fellowes

“As a rule the Holloywood pattern for English actors is simple. They are delighted to go, they are told there is a…

— Julian Fellowes

“Very few Englishmen ever ask a woman anything about themselves. They choose instead to lecture their dinner neighbors on a new and…

— Julian Fellowes

“How little Americans know when they disparage acquaintanceship in favour of real, true friendship. It is in acquaintanceship, bringing wiht it as…

— Julian Fellowes

He's lived a fiction. And, of course, he thinks that if you love someone enough, they will love you. And that if…

— Julian Fellowes

“ Constance: Tell me, what happened to William's little maid? I never saw her again after that dinner. Mary Maceachran: Elsie? --…

— Julian Fellowes

“ Lady Sylvia McCordle: Mr Weissman -- Tell us about the film you're going to make. Morris Weissman: Oh, sure. It's called…

— Julian Fellowes

“Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by…

— Julian Fellowes

“Physical beauty is a subject that many skirt around and almost everyone attempts to down-play thereby demonstrating some sound moral stance, but…

— Julian Fellowes

“Edith stared at the ceiling, contemplating the oddness of life. Here she was with this man, whom she hardly knew when she…

— Julian Fellowes

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

— Julian Fellowes

“We all have chapters we would prefer unpublished.”

— Julian Fellowes

Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.

— Julian Fellowes

“Real unhappiness is ugly and wounding and scarring to the soul.”

— Julian Fellowes