Hugh Bonneville Quotes

#1. In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure.

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#2. After World War II, the major estates really did collapse.

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#3. 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.

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#4. Am I athletic? In my dreams.

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#5. The press mainly want to destroy a program by revealing what's coming up. For some reason, soaps like doing that.

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#6. A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas.

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#7. I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl.

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#8. At home I have a Tibetan terrier. I'm still not sure if he's a genius or very thick. It's a fine line.

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#9. To go to the White House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, the building is not that big.

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#10. Certain stories that you want to see resolve in certain ways are, and some aren't, but that's life.

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#11. I've had people come up to me in the past and say they enjoyed whatever show I've been in.

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#12. I do realise how incredibly lucky I am.

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#13. At 19, you know everything; by the time you're 40, you haven't got a clue.

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#14. You have no idea what's going to happen [in Downton Abbey] until you get the script. We roughly knew a couple of the key points that were going to happen, but when I got the last episode, I turned to the last page to check that I was still alive.

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#15. I certainly couldn't run a big country house, nor could I organize the greatest show on earth.

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#16. 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.

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#17. 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.

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#18. I have an excellent internal compass.

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#19. When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you.

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#20. I had girlfriends, but settling down was the last thing on my mind.

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#21. I always try to look for the best in most places.

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#22. Young people are so often dissed by the media.

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