"They have no movies made for them. How many times can you see Batman? Things are done according to money these days.
"It used to be vision which mattered more. Money becomes addictive. People have a hole in their heart and think they can fill it with material possessions. In the end, though, you have to fill that hole with spiritual understanding."
Filming has already began on a third series of Downton, which is set in the early 1920s, after the First World War.
Last week, producers released two 20-second promotional clips of the series featuring MacLaine alongside Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Lady Crawley.
In today’s interview, she was asked whether she had been hired to appeal to audiences in America, where the show has been nominated for 16 Emmy awards next month.
She said: “It’s not pandering. I’m a volleyball partner for Maggie. Who else would they get? Let me think: Anthony Hopkins in drag.
“I’m the same class as Maggie’s character because we’re both wealthy, but I confront her because I’m more involved with change. Britain was still addicted to tradition, which got you into the war.”
She also insisted that the class system of the past was breaking down.
“We’re all becoming the ‘broke’ class,” she said. “You see so many friends having money trouble and it affects everything you – who are not having that trouble – do. I’m afraid it will get worse.”
MacLaine also told her co-stars that she always falls in love on set.
She said: "I told them I fell in love with someone on every picture I made for the first 30 years. People say the biggest part of my talent is curiosity. They wondered who it would be this time."
But asked in the interview whether it was Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, MacLaine laughed: "I'm not talking."
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