Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #1.1 (2010)
Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
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Quotes
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : What is a "weekend"?
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Isobel Crawley : What should we call each other?
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Well, we could always start with Mrs. Crawley and Lady Grantham.
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Cora, Countess of Grantham : [smiling] Are we to be friends then?
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [after a very long pause] We are allies, which can be a good deal more effective.
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Well... give him a date for when Mary's out of mourning. No one wants to kiss a girl in black...
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Don't you care about Downton?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : What do you think? I have given my life to Downton. I was born here, and I hope to die here. I claim no career beyond the nurture of this house and the estate. It's my third parent and my fourth child.
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Oh, dear, such a glare. I feel as if I were on stage at the Gaiety.
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I'm tougher than I look.
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : [Speaking to Lady Grantham, who has responded to a summons to speak with Violet] Tell her about James and Patrick-she won't have heard.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [Scene switches to Drawing Room]
[Speaking to Lady Grantham]
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Of course I've heard! Why else would I be here?