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> [I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice, some are not, but it has nothing to do with class or oppressors versus the oppressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/i-think-the-reason-why-people-love-downton-abbey-is-because-all-the/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

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> [What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/what-is-a-week-end-maggie-smith-in-downton-abbey/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

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## Other authors on Abbey

## More by Julian Fellowes

> [You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/you-do-get-fond-of-your-characters-handing-them-on-is-like-giving-a/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [Well, you've got to be known for something. The danger of extreme versatility is that you don't spring to mind for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/well-you-ve-got-to-be-known-for-something-the-danger-of-extreme/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [“The freedom of growing older is that one is no longer obliged to dislike someone simply because they dislike you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/the-freedom-of-growing-older-is-that-one-is-no-longer-obliged-to/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/if-you-re-supposed-to-be-a-personality-then-you-might-as-well-have-a/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [We don't really like rules. We think, in some way, they are an infringement of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/we-don-t-really-like-rules-we-think-in-some-way-they-are-an/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/you-see-in-america-it-s-quite-standard-for-an-actor-to-sign-at-the/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [“Real unhappiness is ugly and wounding and scarring to the soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/real-unhappiness-is-ugly-and-wounding-and-scarring-to-the-soul/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [“The longer one knows people the less relevant it becomes whether or not one liked them initially.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/the-longer-one-knows-people-the-less-relevant-it-becomes-whether-or/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/sometimes-the-weekend-gets-hijacked-by-work-but-as-my-mother-would/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [“How many of us, having cried bitter, rancid tears over a failed love, are actually disappointed when we discover, seeing the adored one again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/how-many-of-us-having-cried-bitter-rancid-tears-over-a-failed-love/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [I like to take a long time over breakfast, and I can't bear to talk. If a guest is a breakfast talker it's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/i-like-to-take-a-long-time-over-breakfast-and-i-can-t-bear-to-talk-if/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/i-always-loved-movies-and-the-cinema-we-always-used-to-go-to-see/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [You know, I'm not a revolutionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/you-know-i-m-not-a-revolutionary/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/nothing-is-harder-to-dramatize-than-happiness/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

> [We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/we-are-usually-undone-by-our-lack-of-understanding-of-ourselves/)

[Julian Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-fellowes/)

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