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" Cooking can cure almost anything. "
Michelle Dockery
Anything
Almost
Cure
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" You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play. "
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" The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes. "
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" My godchildren went to see Taylor Swift in concert and got to meet her. They literally ran toward her and hugged her, and it was amazing. I got big bonus points for it. I'll remind them when they're teenagers. "
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" I think the first time I realised 'Downton Abbey' was a hit was when I was sitting in a tea shop in New York and the couple next to me were talking about 'Downton Abbey,' and then they recognised me. "
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" People will consider me a part of their lives for however long 'Downton Abbey' lasts. It's a lovely thing to feel as an actor. "
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" I'm not accident prone, really, but I was cutting something and sort of lost control, and it went through my big toe. There was a lot of blood and I nearly fainted, but its totally fine now. "
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" There's no particular role that comes to mind that I'd like to take on, but for me, it's about playing interesting characters and not just two-dimensional ones. "
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" I want a house with a garden, but slap bang in the centre of London. Next door to a sushi bar. "
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" You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave. "
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" I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement. "
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" The whole acting game can sometimes be a bit false, and you meet a lot of people in it for the fame - so there's nothing I love more than going back to Essex. "
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" It's a bit of a history lesson, being an actor. I was in 'Burnt By The Sun' at the National, which was set in Stalinist Russia, so I discovered all about that. You learn so much as you go along. "
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You
" I had dance training from a very young age, 3 or 4... It taught me how to present myself, about preparation and working in an ensemble, and it's something that carries with me to this day. "
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Me
Training
" I've had moments of thinking maybe I should go on Twitter. It's something that I've been shy about, and I've thought that maybe I should do it. "
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Thought
Moments
Shy
" My family keeps me sane. I try to talk to my mum every other day. After I get off the phone, I have a renewed sense of clarity, so I guess a problem shared is a problem lost. It's important to me to keep them close. "
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" I do believe in one true love. "
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True Love
Love
" Being in the same scenes as Maggie Smith and Shirley MacLaine is something I will never forget. "
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Will
Never
" I get so excited about reading a new script. "
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New
Get
Excited
" I don't get recognized all the time, but it tends to happen more in America, and people are so lovely when they do. "
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People
" I just want a really varied career, and just to keep going, really. "
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Keep Going
Career
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" 'Downton Abbey' has become this huge thing, and I really enjoy the success of it, but I sometimes find myself on the outside looking in, which is sort of a healthy way to look at it so you don't get too caught up in it. "
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" I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often quite surprised to hear that, that I'm not actually posh. "
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" It's old news, me and my accent, but it always seems to make headlines. "
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Seems
" The journey matters as much as the destination. By engaging in the moment on set, I've stopped rushing and now find pleasure in the collaborative process - the characters, the costumes - rather than worrying about the finished product. "
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" I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself. "
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" 'Othello' was my first Shakespearean discovery. I was obsessed with drama at school, and I studied the play for my English GCSE. Desdemona is the part that everyone wants, but Iago's wife Emilia is the one I've always been drawn to. "
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" I think my parents knew before I did that I was going to be an actress, because I was doing impressions of Margaret Thatcher at the age of four. "
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" We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can do any job I want - but I think chivalry has been lost a little bit. "
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