Julian Fellowes Doesn't Come To The Set,

In The Age Of The Camera Phone It's A Bit Weird When You're Sitting Having Dinner In A Restaurant And People Think They're Being Very Subtle Taking A Photo While In Fact They're Being Very Obvious. When You're In A Middle Of A Mouthful With Friends Or Family And People Come Up Asking For A Photograph, That's When You Want To Say, 'actually, I'm Going To Say No; I'd Like To Finish My Meal. This Is My Time.'

For The Last Episode [of Downton Abbey], You'll Need Some Handkerchiefs. I Needed Handkerchiefs Reading It. It Wasn't Because It Necessarily Moved Me While Reading It, But It Was The Experience Of Reading It When I Realized It Was The Last Time I Was Ever Going To Be Reading One Of Those Scripts. That Was Quite Terminal.

Everyone At Some Point In Their Lives Feels Excluded And Misunderstood.

I Think Any Film That Asks Its Audience A Degree Of Tolerance And Acceptance Of Those Less Fortunate Than Themselves Isn't A Bad Thing From Whatever Culture You're In Or From Whatever Part Of Any Political Spectrum.

Certain Stories That You Want To See Resolve In Certain Ways Are, And Some Aren't, But That's Life.