Lesley Nicol
Lesley Nicol
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.
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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.'
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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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I know it sounds funny, but every time I have a disaster in the kitchen, it knocks my confidence level a little bit more, and I feel annoyed with myself that I can't do better.
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I'm very lucky to have a husband who cooks, for a start. It's a good partnership. I met him through a friend, and we just hit it off.
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I never imagined I'd go into acting, but I always loved drama, and when I was 16, I discovered the Library Theatre up the road. So I plucked up courage and asked if I could watch rehearsals. It was like Heaven.
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I'm not very good with conventional, prim-and-proper people who are well-behaved, grown-up.
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The first time I ever got up on a stage, I did a comedy poem. I don't know how I got there in the first place because I was very, very shy.