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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.](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/)

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> [What'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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-fellowes/what-s-difficult-for-american-audiences-is-that-they-re-used-to-a/)

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

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## 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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