Lesley Nicol
I've not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.Collection: Christmas
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.Collection: Diet
I'm an ambassador for Medical Detection dogs.Collection: Medical
People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.Collection: People
I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since Ive been in Downton Abbey, which has made me much more fashion conscious.Collection: Fashion
The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.Collection: Husband
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.Collection: Results
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.Collection: School
I believe anything can happen.Collection: Believe
I always admire people who have passion.Collection: Passion
As an actor, you never know where the works going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.Collection: Actors
Ive been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.Collection: White
Ive not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.Collection: Dinner
Im an ambassador for Medical Detection dogs.Collection: Dog
I was painfully shy as a child.Collection: Children
I want to have a scene with Maggie Smith.Collection: Want
I think I should be a nightclub singer. I love to sing!Collection: Thinking
I mean, I've done musicals, but it's not my best thing.Collection: Mean
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.Collection: Vegetables
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.Collection: People