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" I'm not on Twitter, but I am on Instagram and follow Lena Dunham and Usher. "
Michelle Dockery
Twitter
I Am
Am
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" Shakespeare is renewed each time you see it or read it. I've seen 'Midsummer Night's Dream' so many times, and each time it's a little different, or a different line leaps out at me. It's like re-reading a good book over and over, always noticing something you hadn't seen the time before - and that's rare. "
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Dream
Good
Time
" Cooking can cure almost anything. "
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Almost
Cure
" I get so excited about reading a new script. "
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New
Get
Excited
" 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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Age
Doing
Four
" I'm quite surprised at how out of control I can be on stage because, actually, I find I like to be in control in life. It's quite freeing, really. "
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I Can
Find
Control
" 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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Problem
Phone
Me
" 'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed. "
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Mind
Me
Hope
" If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair. "
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Him
Hair
Way
" A good friend of mine works at Oxfam and has been closely involved in the charity's aid efforts in Syria. "
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Friend
Mine
Involved
" I just enjoy acting, whatever area - theatre, film, television. "
Michelle Dockery
Acting
Film
Television
" 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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Love
Acting
Game
" 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
" '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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Success
Myself
Looking
" I'd like to do something that involves music. "
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Involves
Like
Music
" Silk scarves are my thing. I tie them to my handbag or thread them through belt loops or wear them in my hair. Never round my neck, though. "
Michelle Dockery
Tie
Through
Thread
" I regret not learning to drive when I was younger. "
Michelle Dockery
Regret
Drive
Learning
" 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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In The Past
Past
Hear
" It is impossible to watch a 'Friends' episode too many times. Phoebe is my favourite character. I used to play her songs on the guitar when I was a teenager. 'Smelly Cat' is very easy. It's only about three chords. "
Michelle Dockery
Guitar
Character
Friends
" You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play. "
Michelle Dockery
Any
Role
Play
" 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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Sun
Lesson
You
" I love singing live, actually. And I'm dying to sing in a role, whether it's in a musical or a biographical film about a singer. It's always been one of my aspirations. "
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Live
Singing
Always
" I'm the youngest of three sisters, and my parents have always encouraged all of us to do whatever made us happy. "
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Made
Always
Us
" It's great to have a home and everything else that comes with it. "
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Great
Else
Everything
" I worked out; I moved 16 times from the age of 19, just hopping about from different flats, because I couldn't always afford to stay. "
Michelle Dockery
Always
Age
Stay
" I love cycling, but if I could find a way of building something above the streets for cyclists, that would be amazing. We need even more space. "
Michelle Dockery
Building
Need
Space
" 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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Like
Interesting
Mind
" My dad worked all sorts of jobs when I was growing up and finally ended up as a surveyor; my mum delivers meals to old folk around where we live. We didn't have much money when I was growing up, but I had a very happy childhood. "
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Live
Growing
Happy
" I don't mind wearing a corset, it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch. "
Michelle Dockery
Move
Your
You
" I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself. "
Michelle Dockery
Enjoy
Singing
Myself
" I just want a really varied career, and just to keep going, really. "
Michelle Dockery
Keep Going
Career
Keep