Downton quotes:

Send

I let steam off by watching 'Downton Abbey. -- Nina Arianda
I love when people become obsessed with Downton. -- Jessica Brown Findlay
This is college?' Schyler asked. 'or Downton Abbey? -- Melissa de la Cruz
My childhood was not an episode from Downton Abbey -- Harry Leslie Smith
What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey. -- Julian Fellowes
I am a huge 'Downton Abbey' fan - huge! -- Joan Rivers
I had the most fantastic time filming 'Downton.' -- Rose Leslie
I've never seen an episode of 'Downton Abbey.' -- Keeley Hawes
I let steam off by watching 'Downton Abbey.' -- Nina Arianda
'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is. -- Phyllis Logan
Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is. -- Phyllis Logan
With 'Downton Abbey,' you're always stuck in one stately home. -- Kit Harington
In Downton Abbey, foreplay is basically hanging your clothes up properly -- Allen Leech
Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms will find an instant tonic. -- Allison Pearson
The acting in Downton Abbey has been consistently excellent across the board. -- James Frain
The acting in 'Downton Abbey' has been consistently excellent across the board. -- James Frain
People in L.A. think Im so posh. They think I live in Downton Abbey. -- Annabelle Wallis
There are two words that send romance authors into spasms of rapture: 'Downton Abbey.' -- Teresa Medeiros
People in L.A. think I'm so posh. They think I live in 'Downton Abbey.' -- Annabelle Wallis
I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I'd got 'Downton Abbey' when I was 22. -- Lesley Nicol
I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.' -- Dan Stevens
Downton Abbey' is one of my favourite shows ever - it's just beautifully filmed, and the stories and characters are so wonderful. -- Amanda Donohoe
I have not watched WAGs World, I have not watched the BBC's Upstairs, Downstairs, either. It would be Downton Abbey, I think. -- Theresa May
I can pretty much say all of us know when Downton is going to end. This is a show with a finite life. -- Brendan Coyle
I can pretty much say all of us know when 'Downton' is going to end. This is a show with a finite life. -- Brendan Coyle
I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel. -- Julia Quinn
The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes. -- Michelle Dockery
I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since Ive been in Downton Abbey, which has made me much more fashion conscious. -- Lesley Nicol
I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves Downton Abbey will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel. -- Julia Quinn
My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey. -- Allison Williams
You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there. -- Dan Stevens
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. -- Samantha Bond
My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.' -- Allison Williams
People in the U.K. absolutely love my character in 'Downton,' and in equal measure, people absolutely hate him, and that's all I wanted. -- Tom Cullen
Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity Ive met as a result of Downton Abbey. -- Lesley Nicol
'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values. -- Keeley Hawes
Between the action sequences, the pleasure lies in observing impeccably dressed Brits exchanging barbed witticisms - making it, basically, Downton Abbey with cyber crime and shower sex. -- Karina Longworth
Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values. -- Keeley Hawes
Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable. -- Russell Tovey
I was sad to leave 'Downton,' but I will always remember it fondly, as they did me a lot of favours. I owe them a lot. -- Thomas Howes
Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity I've met as a result of 'Downton Abbey.' -- Lesley Nicol
I actually don't watch much TV, but my goal is to watch 'Downton Abbey.' I want to catch up on the series... that's like my style. -- Kelly Rutherford
The women in 'Downton Abbey' don't compare to the women in 'Upstairs Downstairs.' Ours are stunning. We've got Laura Haddock, Keeley Hawes, Claire Foy... beautiful women. -- Neil Jackson
I love Downton Abbey. It's just great. My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending. -- Jack Whitehall
I definitely think it opened doors for me and what was so fantastic about 'Downton' being showed over in the States, was that it helped get me noticed. -- Rose Leslie
The world of the flapper - live free, wild and young - that energy is intoxicating. It's nice to inject that into the more controlled 'Downton' way of living. -- Lily James
Like 'Twin Peaks,' '24,' 'Mad Men,' and 'The Sopranos' before it, 'Downton Abbey' enriches the iconography and collective lore of pop culture. It replenishes the stream. -- James Wolcott
Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect. -- Rob James Collier
The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always been questioned about my historical veracity, and 'Downton' just flies past, when it's completely made up. -- Michael Hirst
If you're an English actor, and you're asked to do an episode - especially the Christmas episode - of 'Downton Abbey,' you can't turn it down. It's like, 'Of course!' -- Janet Montgomery
I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet. -- Michelle Dockery
Downton Abbey is the most popular drama in the history of public television. When the whole of the TV universe is fragmenting, that isn't just impressive. It's almost impossible. But here we are. -- David Bianculli
I've got four piercings in my left, so we've dubbed my right one the 'period drama ear.' I have to be filmed from that side when I do emotional close-ups in 'Downton.' -- Jessica Brown Findlay
Downton' has really pushed me to a new level in my career, but it's not like I have a big career plan. They are about as useful as a birth plan; they should be burned. -- Siobhan Finneran
The girls in 'Downton Abbey' do what they do so well, which is make it so natural despite the fact that you're living within these constraints and taking so much from the research aspect of it. -- Anastasia Griffith
I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play. -- Jessica Brown Findlay
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! -- Rob James-Collier
I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice, some are not, but it has nothing to do with class or oppressors versus the oppressed. -- Julian Fellowes
I loved my experience on 'Downton Abbey.' We shot it in six months, and it was the first time I'd ever been on TV, and I was surrounded by my friends. It was a wonderful, wonderful time. -- Rose Leslie
I think the first time I realised Downton Abbey was a hit was when I was sitting in a tea shop in New York and the couple next to me were talking about Downton Abbey, and then they recognised me. -- Michelle Dockery
I'm amazed by just constantly - there's not a week that goes past where there's not someone in Ulan Bator or Rio De Janeiro suddenly says, 'Ooh, 'Downton' started this week.' You completely forget it's staggered across the world. -- Dan Stevens
The Americans think British T.V. shows are amazing, and everybody references 'Downton Abbey', and, in my genre, 'Doctor Who', which everyone is crazy for. People are always asking me and are always disappointed that I haven't been in it. -- Jaime Murray
I think the first time I realised 'Downton Abbey' was a hit was when I was sitting in a tea shop in New York and the couple next to me were talking about 'Downton Abbey,' and then they recognised me. -- Michelle Dockery
I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement. -- Michelle Dockery
Mr Selfridge' is a lot more accessible than shows like 'Downton.' Everyone knows the store, but not everyone knows the story. Having this store as the backdrop with all of society working under one roof, I think it really captures people's imaginations. -- Zoe Tapper
After spending the last few years working on a serious novel set in Chechnya, I was drawn to both the brevity and casualness of Twitter, and wrote a series of tweets titled 'The Erotic Inner Life of Mr. Bates from Downton Abbey.' -- Anthony Marra
It's stupid to say that there's any comfort to be had in 'knowing your place,' but there is a sense of reassuring escapism to something like 'Downton Abbey.' There's a perceived romance and elegance that is wonderful to lose yourself in. -- Kate Reardon
The first episodes I actually read for 'Downton,' Sybil was really intimidated and hadn't come into her own. So it's only in Series Two that she's become so headstrong. In general, I find it exciting to play strong, female roles because they're shocking. -- Jessica Brown Findlay
'Downton Abbey' has become this huge thing, and I really enjoy the success of it, but I sometimes find myself on the outside looking in, which is sort of a healthy way to look at it so you don't get too caught up in it. -- Michelle Dockery
Downton Abbey' has become this huge thing, and I really enjoy the success of it, but I sometimes find myself on the outside looking in, which is sort of a healthy way to look at it so you don't get too caught up in it. -- Michelle Dockery
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such. -- Dan Stevens
I really love a challenge, but in 'Downton' it was really hard going because there's no CGI - what you see is what you get. These were real explosions right in front of our faces, and you just had to make sure that you cleared out of the way. -- Thomas Howes
When I left 'Downton Abbey,' it hadn't yet taken off and become the phenomenon that it is, to this day. That all happened after I left. But, it was fabulous to be a part of it and to be a part of the cast. We had an absolute ball! -- Rose Leslie
I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters. -- Ari Graynor
You could have knocked ... Or, you know, announced your entrance like they do on Downton Abbey".He steps out of his drawstring pants, now completely naked. He walks towards the glass shower door and stops. And then he knocks on it.I have petrified by the tiled wall."It's Loren Hale," he says, a smile spreading across his lips"May I come in? -- Krista Ritchie

Send