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

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Julian Fellowes
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: August 17
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The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture.
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To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.
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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.
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School visits are something I do fairly often: I always say to the students that somebody has got to end up with the interesting careers, so why not them?
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You never know people, do you? You can work with 'em for twenty years you don't know 'em at all.
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The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her she ought to marry me. She thought I was as mad as a rat. She wouldn't even give me her telephone number - and she wrote in her diary: A funny little man asked me to marry him.
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What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.
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If we don't respect the past, we'll find it harder to build a future.
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When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.
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I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.
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There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the German dining room, and I think the library is a room the English get right.
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If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality.
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Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.
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