Julian Fellowes Quotes

I am a huge 'Downton Abbey' fan - huge!

I always have to get my U.K. fix, and 'Downton Abbey' is definitely that. I absolutely love period dramas, but this one is particularly appealing - following the ins and outs of aristocracy as well as the interaction between the rich and the poor.

'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.

There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.

'Downton Abbey' is one of my favourite shows ever - it's just beautifully filmed, and the stories and characters are so wonderful.

On a perfect weekend, I'll stay in bed until I am rested, though I am not someone who sleeps late. Then I'll go for a run through the parks nearby, even if it is frosty and cold, and I love meeting friends for brunch. You know you are truly on a day off if you have time to do brunch.

We need leisure ... because with us every man is of the ruling class.

I am possibly the biggest 'Downton' fan you can ever meet.

I love playing on Sundays.

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.

Sunday, the day for the language of leisure.

Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend.

I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!

I'm like the queen of planning and scheduling and I'm trying very hard to stop it. I just want to finish what I'm doing and go home. I want to have a weekend. I want to have breakfast, a stack of pancakes.

I want leisure to read—an immense amount.

The weekend's here, started it right. Even if I only get part of it right.

I didn't have weekends for the longest time and it felt so indulgent to finally have weekends.

Any extra free time you have, you are sleeping, or you're trying to sleep

A normal day in my life - well right now it's kinda just like hang out and be lazy .I'm just kinda like enjoying my break, basic, what everybody does. Hang out in my pajamas and eat cereal and watch cartoons.

I'm so busy during my everyday, when I go on vacation I need to pull the plug like they say, and to do nothing.

I can say that I don't have a lot of leisure time, just sitting around doing absolutely nothing, but that's okay.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms will find an instant tonic.

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.

Have a day off, which is very rare in our line of work, but that's something we like to do. Like I said, it's a nice way to take your mind off the game and just go out and relax and have fun.