Lesley Nicol Quotes

Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity Ive met as a result of Downton Abbey.

Im an ambassador for Medical Detection dogs.

I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare.

I don't like being shouted at.

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.

I always admire people who have passion.

I was painfully shy as a child.

As an actor, you never know where the works going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.

I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since Ive been in Downton Abbey, which has made me much more fashion conscious.

I want to have a scene with Maggie Smith.

I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

Ive not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.

The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.

I mean, I've done musicals, but it's not my best thing.

Ive been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.

I think I should be a nightclub singer. I love to sing!

I believe anything can happen.