Virginia Vallejo Quotes

I grew up in the upper class, for sure. My family was kind of about that whole parties-and-horse racing thing. I can understand it's fun for some. I never enjoyed it.

I don't go to royal parties or play polo on horseback. No, I don't hang out with the posh crowd, if that makes sense.

'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is.

Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you're Royalty.

I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.

I never came out to the Hamptons when I was younger - it was always a fancy and exotic place.

I always wanted so much glamour in my life, so I have always been obsessed with class, and from dating a few people who were from old money and a few from new money in my 20s, I just sort of became obsessed with this idea of clueless rich people.

It is a challenge, with the global fame, to try to act like I put my pants on one leg at a time, when in fact I have Pippa Middleton help me put my pants on every morning. She's my lady-in-waiting as well.

There's a difference between being posh and being rich.

My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege.

I'm not from aristocracy, or anything like that.

I don't get cast as the guy who steps off a yacht in a white linen suit with a martini.

People in L.A. think I'm so posh. They think I live in 'Downton Abbey.'

People tend to assume that I come from a long line of castle-dwelling gentry and am made of money.

When I encountered rich people for the first time, I discovered that not only do they holiday in places that are hard to find on a map, but that they also use the names of seasons as verbs. When they asked me, 'Where did you summer and winter growing up?' I would usually say, 'As a child? The same place I springed and autumned.'

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

...a blue blood, a snob

Polo is a quintessentially English sport. It stands for quality and sophistication and is recognised all over the world as such.

Not everybody's life is like 'Gossip Girl.'

I used to play snooker in millionaires' mansions with marble floors and eat at the best places, but that's all over now.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to know Paolo Montero that well. He was someone else who lived like a king at night.

I want to be old Princess Margaret, without a doubt. Kaftan wearing, Caribbean island-dwelling... that's my inner spirit animal.

You're a socialite because you're born into it. That's not what I want.

I can do posh.

I do have strong feelings about the aristocracy: they serve a purpose, but it's a sort of insular strand of society.