I Have An Excellent Internal Compass.

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.

I Had Girlfriends, But Settling Down Was The Last Thing On My Mind.

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.

I Do Realise How Incredibly Lucky I Am.

It's Never Happened To Me Before, In My Career, And Never Will Again. It's A One-off Experience. It's A Rare Treat To Have A Cast Together For Six Years. Crews Come And Go, And A Few Of Them Have Been There Throughout, But Not Many. It's Rare, In My Experience, After 26 Years, To Have Had A Proper Company In A Show That Enjoys Each Other's Company, And Who Is Such A Fine Bunch Of People And Actors. To Have Struck A Chord With People, And To Have Had That Combination, Is Extremely Rare.