Lesley Nicol
Lesley Nicol
bette love
I met Bette Midler, who I absolutely love.
box chocolates diet eat encourage half inherited loved weight
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
freezing gotten manchester shooting standing street
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.'
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!
I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I'd got 'Downton Abbey' when I was 22.
glamorous parties since
I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since I've been in 'Downton Abbey,' which has made me much more fashion conscious.
fits good looks wear
I don't have any rules when it comes to clothes. I'll wear anything if it fits and looks good.
bunch drop interested people roles women
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.
flexible work
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.