Lesley Nicol
Lesley Nicol
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.
martial thinks
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.
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?
awful confess cook felt finding inner life
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.
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.
attractive happened helping learn men picked realise relationships worth wrong
For many years, I picked the wrong men, or they picked me. I think if you don't feel attractive or worth something as a woman, you attract men who don't really look after you. That's what happened to me, but I realise that those relationships were like a journey, helping me to learn something about myself.
finished four left
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!
begin complete cook decent invited
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.
time
The first time I ever got up on a stage, I did a comedy poem. I don't know how I got there in the first place because I was very, very shy.
family
Visiting a show that's already established can be a bit daunting, as they've been a family already, and you're the newbie.
fashion party conscious
I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since Ive been in Downton Abbey, which has made me much more fashion conscious.
hummingbirds mets eyeballs
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.
passion people admire
I always admire people who have passion.
actors flexible knows
As an actor, you never know where the works going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.