A Typical Christmas Is Me Shucking Oysters.

You Have No Idea What's Going To Happen [in Downton Abbey] Until You Get The Script. We Roughly Knew A Couple Of The Key Points That Were Going To Happen, But When I Got The Last Episode, I Turned To The Last Page To Check That I Was Still Alive.

Am I Athletic? In My Dreams.

I'd Love To Retire Somewhere Like Winchester, Where You Have One Foot On The Pavement But A Sense Of Being In The Country As Well.

Julian Fellowes Doesn't Come To The Set, Except Maybe Once Every Six Weeks, For Whatever Reason. He's Not A Producer, In That Sense. But If You Write Him A One-line Question, He'll Write You A Three-page Answer.

When You Are In The Eye Of The Storm, You Are Often Not Aware Of The Whiplash Around You.