Quotes by Julian Fellowes

About Julian Fellowes:

Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford is a British actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter, as well as a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
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I think American television changed world television in its reinvention of the series.

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In the end, drama is successful if you care about the people.

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Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

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You know, I'm not a revolutionary.

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I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

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I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.

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I just don't believe in generalisations.

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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.

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If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality.

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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.

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I have fits of melancholia when I watch the news, but we all do, don't we?

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We don't really like rules. We think, in some way, they are an infringement of liberty.

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There is almost nothing in your house that does not tell something about you.

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The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture.

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The '20s are a very interesting period to me.

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My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

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One of the things that you're not really in control of - apart from everything - is your smell.

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My mother converted to Catholicism to marry my father.

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Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.

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I think America has dealt with - I mean, this is simplistic, and of course I don't live in America - but the impression I get is that there is not a kind of obligation to dislike those who are better off or be frightened of those who are worse off.

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My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.

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Author Bio

  • NameJulian Fellowes
  • DescriptionEnglish actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter
  • BornAugust 17, 1949
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter; Film Director; Politician; Film Producer; Novelist; Writer; Librettist
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Writing (Original Screenplay); Writers Guild Of America Award; Primetime Emmy Award