Lesley Nicol Quotes

• People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

  Lesley Nicol

  People, Age, Certain

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

  Lesley Nicol

  Fashion, Party, Conscious

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

  Lesley Nicol

  Husband, Firsts, Meals

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• 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.

  Lesley Nicol

  Results, Hummingbirds, Mets

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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.

  Lesley Nicol

  School, Levels, Nightmare

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• I believe anything can happen.

  Lesley Nicol

  Believe, I Believe, Anything Can Happen

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• I always admire people who have passion.

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  Passion, People, Admire

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

  Lesley Nicol

  Actors, Flexible, Knows

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

  Lesley Nicol

  White, House, Crowds

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• Ive not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.

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  Dinner, Christmas Dinner

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• Im an ambassador for Medical Detection dogs.

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  Dog, Ambassadors, Medical

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• I was painfully shy as a child.

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  Children, Shy

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• I want to have a scene with Maggie Smith.

  Lesley Nicol

  Want, Scene, Maggie

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

  Lesley Nicol

  Thinking, Singers, Should

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• I don't like being shouted at.

  Lesley Nicol

  "Q & A With Lesley Nicol of Downton Abbey: Salty Raspberry Meringue, Adventures in Pretend Cooking + How Mrs. Patmore is Like Gordon Ramsay". Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.laweekly.com. January 5, 2013.

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

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  Mean, Done, Best Things

  "Q & A With Lesley Nicol of Downton Abbey: Salty Raspberry Meringue, Adventures in Pretend Cooking + How Mrs. Patmore is Like Gordon Ramsay". LA Weekly interview, www.laweekly.com. January 5, 2013.

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• 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.

  Lesley Nicol

  Vegetables, Sticks, Basics

  Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.laweekly.com. January 5, 2013.

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• 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.

  Lesley Nicol

  People, Laughing, Stories

  "InDepth InterView: Lesley Nicol On DOWNTON ABBEY Season Four, Playing Mrs. Patmore, MAMMA MIA!, DOWNTON Musical? & More". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. December 23, 2013.

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