It is not light that we need but fire it is not the gentle shower but thunder. We need the storm the whirlwind and the earthquake.

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.

I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful it was such an amazing character to play.