People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

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

I was painfully shy as a child.

I don't like being shouted at.

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

I always admire people who have passion.

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