Lesley Nicol
Lesley Nicol
glamorous parties since
I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since I've been in 'Downton Abbey,' which has made me much more fashion conscious.
fits good looks wear
I don't have any rules when it comes to clothes. I'll wear anything if it fits and looks good.
bunch drop interested people roles women
At the drop of a hat, people will say there are no roles for women after 40. It's there with a bunch of other rules I'm not interested in.
flexible work
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.
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I've been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.
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I inherited my weight problem from my mum. She was always on diets. If there was a box of chocolates in the house, she'd eat half a chocolate, then put the other half back. She loved me, but she did encourage me to diet in my teens.
meant timing
When you look back, I think things are as they are meant to be. Timing is very important.
played
The first role I played was Madame Ranevsky in 'The Cherry Orchard.'
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My poor cooking is legendary among my friends.
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When I heard I had gotten 'Downton Abbey,' I remember I was standing on a freezing cold street in Manchester where we were shooting the Manchester part of 'West is West.'
asking favorite people
People are always asking me for my favorite recipe, and I have to say, 'I don't really have one.'
people
People I've never spoken to before come up to me and give me a hug.
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For years, I've felt that there's an inner cook in me just waiting to be unleashed. But I have to confess I'm having an awful lot of trouble finding her in real life.
laughing people stories
I guess that is my favorite thing - to make people laugh and also to maybe engage them emotionally and touch them somehow in telling the story.