I Certainly Couldn't Run A Big Country

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've Often Been The Guy Who Doesn't Get The Girl.

We Were All Expecting To Finish [downton Abbey] After Series 1, Actually. And Then, It Got Extended To Series 3, And That's When Two Of Our Much Loved And Much Missed Friends Left. And Then, It Was Going To Be Done With Series 5, But Julian Fellowes Said, "i'd Like To Do One More." So It's Been A Series Of Extensions, Rather Than Wondering How Much Longer We Can Go On For.

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.