Bonneville Quotes

In the confusions of the next hours the Earth's population was substantially reduced, the biosphere was altered, and the Earth itself was marked with numbers of more conventional craters. For some years thereafter the survivors were existentially preoccupied and the peculiar dustbowl at Bonneville was left to weather by itself in the changing climatic cycles.

"The Man Who Walked Home ~ James Tiptree Jr.

I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl. ~ Hugh Bonneville

When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you. ~ Hugh Bonneville

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

Mrs. Bonneville never buckled her seat belt, even though it was required by state law; an ardent libertarian, she opposed government meddling in all matters of personal choice. ~ Carl Hiaasen

It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to have a cast together for six years. Crews come and go, and a few of them have been there throughout, but not many. It's rare, in my experience, after 26 years, to have had a proper company in a show that enjoys each other's company, and who is such a fine bunch of people and actors. To have struck a chord with people, and to have had that combination, is extremely rare. ~ Hugh Bonneville

A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas. ~ Hugh Bonneville

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

For the last episode [of Downton Abbey], you'll need some handkerchiefs. I needed handkerchiefs reading it. It wasn't because it necessarily moved me while reading it, but it was the experience of reading it when I realized it was the last time I was ever going to be reading one of those scripts. That was quite terminal. ~ Hugh Bonneville

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. ~ Hugh Bonneville

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. ~ Hugh Bonneville

Am I athletic? In my dreams. ~ Hugh Bonneville

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. ~ Hugh Bonneville

At 19, you know everything; by the time you're 40, you haven't got a clue. ~ Hugh Bonneville

After World War II, the major estates really did collapse. ~ Hugh Bonneville

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

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

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. ~ Hugh Bonneville