178 Quotes by Julian Fellowes

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.

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

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument that the film industry needs funding.

There isn't much point in the whole 'celebrity' nonsense unless one is prepared to go out on a limb and, one hopes, speak up for some under-represented section of the community.

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind.

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.

What a difference a day makes, ... The Oscar gave me all these opportunities. It's a magic wand.

There are some men who are frightened by strong women and some men who are nurtured by them and feel nervous, with weak clinging vines. And I am very much of the latter category.