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title: "3 Abbey Quotes By Hugh Bonneville"
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> [ We were all expecting to finish \[Downton Abbey\] after Series 1, actually. And then, it got extended to Series 3, and that's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/we-were-all-expecting-to-finish-downton-abbey-after-series-1-actually/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/hugh-bonneville-22027_abbey_we-were-all-expecting-to-finish-downton_274801.jpg)

> [ For the last episode \[of Downton Abbey\], you'll need some handkerchiefs. I needed handkerchiefs reading it. It wasn't because it necessarily moved… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/for-the-last-episode-of-downton-abbey-you-ll-need-some-handkerchiefs/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

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> [ You have no idea what's going to happen \[in Downton Abbey\] until you get the script. We roughly knew a couple of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/you-have-no-idea-what-s-going-to-happen-in-downton-abbey-until-you/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

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## Other authors on Abbey

## More by Hugh Bonneville

> [In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/in-britain-the-press-want-to-kill-a-show-by-revealing-what-s-coming/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [I have an excellent internal compass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/i-have-an-excellent-internal-compass/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [The press mainly want to destroy a program by revealing what's coming up. For some reason, soaps like doing that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/the-press-mainly-want-to-destroy-a-program-by-revealing-what-s-coming/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [ We were all expecting to finish \[Downton Abbey\] after Series 1, actually. And then, it got extended to Series 3, and that's when two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/we-were-all-expecting-to-finish-downton-abbey-after-series-1-actually/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [Homosexuality has been around since humanity began and different societies at different times have reacted in a different manner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/homosexuality-has-been-around-since-humanity-began-and-different/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [Am I athletic? In my dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/am-i-athletic-in-my-dreams/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [To go to the White House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, the building is not that big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/to-go-to-the-white-house-is-a-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-in-fact/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [I've had people come up to me in the past and say they enjoyed whatever show I've been in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/i-ve-had-people-come-up-to-me-in-the-past-and-say-they-enjoyed/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [In the age of the camera phone it's a bit weird when you're sitting having dinner in a restaurant and people think they're being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/in-the-age-of-the-camera-phone-it-s-a-bit-weird-when-you-re-sitting/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/i-ve-often-been-the-guy-who-doesn-t-get-the-girl/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [Young people are so often dissed by the media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/young-people-are-so-often-dissed-by-the-media/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/when-you-are-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-you-are-often-not-aware-of-the/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [Everyone at some point in their lives feels excluded and misunderstood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/everyone-at-some-point-in-their-lives-feels-excluded-and-misunderstood/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [Certain stories that you want to see resolve in certain ways are, and some aren't, but that's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/certain-stories-that-you-want-to-see-resolve-in-certain-ways-are-and/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

> [I'd love to retire somewhere like Winchester, where you have one foot on the pavement but a sense of being in the country as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-bonneville/i-d-love-to-retire-somewhere-like-winchester-where-you-have-one-foot/)

[Hugh Bonneville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-bonneville/)

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