Downton Abbey: A New Era

"[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."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

"Laura Carmichael as Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham"

"Jim Carter as Charles Carson"

"Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter"

"Brendan Coyle as John Bates"

"Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Talbot"

"Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley"

"Robert James-Collier as Thomas Barrow"

"Phyllis Logan as Elsie Carson"

"Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham"

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

"Penelope Wilton as Isobel Grey, Lady Merton"

"Hugh Dancy as Jack Barber"

"Dominic West as Guy Dexter"