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.

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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 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.

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

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

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.