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"Michelle Dockery has said that part of her never wants Downton Abbey to end. The Lady Mary actress told Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar that she has a &amp;quot;love affair&amp;quot; with the role.  &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a part of me that doesn&amp;#039;t want it to end, because I love it so much,&amp;quot; Dockery said. &amp;quot;And once it&amp;#039;s all over, I&amp;#039;m sure there will be a period when I feel slightly at a loss.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like this love affair that I have with my job.&amp;quot;  Of the death of Matthew Crawley at the end of the previous series, Dockery admitted that it was a blow and added that she &amp;quot;was in floods of tears&amp;quot; reading the script. However, the actress added that the on-screen death also &amp;quot;opened a door of opportunity for Mary&amp;quot;. Dockery said of staying grounded with the success of the show: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s very easy in this business to take things a little too seriously or yourself too seriously, and I grew up learning how to laugh at myself.&amp;quot;  Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes added of Dockery: &amp;quot;[She] was able to demonstrate that curious mixture of cold exterior with the hint of deep feeling and sexual allure that for me, at least, takes one back to the giants of my youth: Ava Gardner, Audrey Hepburn, or Grace Kelly, the ultimate icon of fire wrapped in ice.&amp;quot; See Michelle Dockery&amp;#039;s full photoshoot and interview in the August issue of Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar - on sale this Thursday (July 4). Watch Julian Fellowes talk about a possible Downton Abbey movie with DS below:  Downton Abbey on-set filming - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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