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" 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

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Michelle Dockery

Involves

Music

" I wasn't an academic. I hated maths and science at school. I couldn't concentrate. "

" I can be so blown away by story lines. "

" Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful. "

" 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. "

Michelle Dockery

Problem

Phone

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Shakespeare's work is like a good song: you never really forget the main lines. "

" The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes. "

" When I was a child, I went to stage school three times a week in the evenings - singing, ballet, tap, modern and acting, and I loved it. "

" A good friend of mine works at Oxfam and has been closely involved in the charity's aid efforts in Syria. "

" For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots. "

" The kitchen is the most important place in any house. Visit your family, and that's where you'll end up. Go to a party, that's where everyone congregates. "

" 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. "

" I want a house with a garden, but slap bang in the centre of London. Next door to a sushi bar. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In the early '20s, with the war over, there was a period of celebration, and you can see it in the fashion. "

" I'm the youngest of three sisters, and my parents have always encouraged all of us to do whatever made us happy. "

Michelle Dockery

Made

Always

" I don't mind wearing a corset, it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch. "

" 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. "

" I'm taller than most actresses, so most corsets tend to be too short in the body. "

" Playing Isabella in 'Measure for Measure' pushed me to my limits. Janet Suzman was directing, and she was very hard on me. I went through phases of not liking her at the time, but I loved her for it in the end. "

Michelle Dockery

Measure

Time

" I loved the 'Die Hard' films growing up and the 'Taken' movies. They're so entertaining, and I enjoy being on the edge of my seat. "

" 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. "

" In my twenties, I was a bit of a worrier; it bothered me what people thought of me, what job I was doing. "

Michelle Dockery

Thought

Bit

" '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. "

" I do believe in one true love. "

" I just enjoy acting, whatever area - theatre, film, television. "