"[To vampire Frank after he killed Lambert] So you found Lambert. Did he convince you to take it all before you killed him? [Laughs] Our game ends here. I've made sure of that. [Runs and leaps onto Frank]"

"[After Frank, Peter and Sammy find her dancing with Dean's corpse] What's happening? Let's... let's just talk."

"Dan Stevens as Frank"

"Phyllis Logan as Elsie Carson"

"Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham"

"[proudly] They'd better be warned. The British are coming!"

"Jim Carter as Charles Carson"

"Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham"

"Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham"

"[to Cora, sobbing] My God. To lose my mother and my name. Must I lose you, too? I can't bear it."

"Brendan Coyle as John Bates"

"Laura Carmichael as Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham"

"Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Talbot"

"It's more than that. For me, Hollywood is the ultimate dream factory. And I need dreams as much as the next man."

"Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter"

"Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley"

"Filming must be the slowest occupation known to man. It makes a glacier look impatient."

"[to Mary] Women like us fall into two categories: dragons and fools. You must make sure they think of you as a dragon."

"You don't need me to tell you that marriage is a novel, not a short story. Full of plot twists along the way."

"Stop that noise. I can't hear myself die. [The Dowager's last words]"

"Dominic West as Guy Dexter"

"Hugh Dancy as Jack Barber"

"Robert James-Collier as Thomas Barrow"

"With the money, we can bring the house up to snuff to match what we've spent on the estate. And enter the 1930s with our heads held high."

"Penelope Wilton as Isobel Grey, Lady Merton"

"[regarding filming a movie at the Downton home] I think it's a horrible idea! Actresses plastered in make-up, and actors just plastered, scrambling over our things. We'd have to keep counting the spoons in the pantry."

"Allen Leech as Tom Branson"

"You can love people you disagree with."

"[about the Crawley family] They're decent, at the core.... And they're silly, too. And snobbish at times. And I wouldn't give tuppence for their politics. But I've learned to be happy with all of that. And, besides, they're my daughter's family."

"Robert James-Collier as Thomas Barrow"

"Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham"

"Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Talbot"

"Jim Carter as Charles Carson"

"Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley"

"Elsie, a hundred years from now, Downton will still be standing. And the Crawleys will still be here. And that is a promise."

"Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham"

"[to Lucy Smith] Go forward in health and use your luck wisely."

"I'll be fine until I'm not. That's all there is to it."

"Laura Carmichael as Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham"