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People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

- Lesley Nicol

People, About, Certain Age, Preconceptions

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.

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Other, Half, Mum, Diets

'Sweeney Todd' is my favorite Sondheim musical.

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Favorite, Sondheim, Musical, Todd

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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Discovered, Imagined, Rehearsals

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

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Celebrity, Downton Abbey, Abbey

The first role I played was Madame Ranevsky in 'The Cherry Orchard.'

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Cherry, Role, Played, Orchard

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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I Remember, Downton Abbey, Manchester

I'm an ambassador for Medical Detection dogs.

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Medical, Dogs, Detection, Ambassador

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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School, Practical, Domestic, Exam

For years, I've felt that there's an inner cook in me just waiting to be unleashed. But I have to confess I'm having an awful lot of trouble finding her in real life.

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Waiting, Awful Lot, Having, Unleashed

One of the Sunday newspapers asked me to make my favorite dish, and they photographed me holding it in the kitchen. It was roasted salmon with roasted vegetables. That's not cooking; that's putting things in a pan. It looked quite nice, but I'm not saying it was good.

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Good, Vegetables, Putting, Pan

I took a cookery course. On the examination, I had to cook a cheese omelet with peas and an egg custard. With the egg custard, which was supposed to be a dessert, I forget to put the sugar in, so that's more of a quiche, isn't it?

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Egg, Which, Took, Dessert

Visiting a show that's already established can be a bit daunting, as they've been a family already, and you're the newbie.

- Lesley Nicol

Been, Established, Visiting, Daunting

I was painfully shy as a child.

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Child, Shy, Painfully

When you look back, I think things are as they are meant to be. Timing is very important.

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Think, Very, Meant, Meant To Be

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.

- Lesley Nicol

More, Level, Knocks, Kitchen

I wish I could play the piano. I started when I was four and finished when I was five. I got bored. I couldn't tell my left hand from my right back then!

- Lesley Nicol

Play, I Wish, Could, Bored

People I've never spoken to before come up to me and give me a hug.

- Lesley Nicol

Never, Give, Before, Hug

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

- Lesley Nicol

Through, Chelsea, Been, Push

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

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Been, Which, Downton Abbey, Abbey

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I'd got 'Downton Abbey' when I was 22.

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Like, Been, Downton Abbey, Abbey

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.

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Touch, Maybe, Telling, Engage

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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Never, Actor, Going, Flexible

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

- Lesley Nicol

Best, Mean, Done, Musicals

At the drop of a hat, people will say there are no roles for women after 40. It's there with a bunch of other rules I'm not interested in.

- Lesley Nicol

Drop, Will, Other, Not Interested

My husband is a martial artist, and he thinks it's hilarious that I have a stage-fighting-proficiency certificate. He thinks that's ridiculous. Can't say I've used it much.

- Lesley Nicol

Husband, Artist, Hilarious, Martial

I have been invited to do something called 'Celebrity MasterChef' in England, which, of course, I can't do. It's complete nonsense. You have to be a decent cook to begin with. I'd be the joke one.

- Lesley Nicol

Celebrity, England, Which, Joke

I've not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.

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Christmas, Cooked, Since, Dinner

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

- Lesley Nicol

My Life, Chicken, Made, Tasted

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

Chicken, Basics, Cook, Oven

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