Lesley Nicol
Lesley Nicol
meant timing
When you look back, I think things are as they are meant to be. Timing is very important.
played
The first role I played was Madame Ranevsky in 'The Cherry Orchard.'
among
My poor cooking is legendary among my friends.
annoyed bit confidence disaster funny knocks level sounds time
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.
good hit lucky met
I'm very lucky to have a husband who cooks, for a start. It's a good partnership. I met him through a friend, and we just hit it off.
asked courage discovered imagined loved watch
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.
good people
I'm not very good with conventional, prim-and-proper people who are well-behaved, grown-up.
cookery omelet sugar supposed took
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?
laughing people stories
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.
vegetables sticks basics
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.
mean done best-things
I mean, I've done musicals, but it's not my best thing.
husband firsts meals
The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.
I don't like being shouted at.
thinking singers should
I think I should be a nightclub singer. I love to sing!