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" You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave. "

Michelle Dockery

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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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" 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'd like to do something that involves music. "

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" I'm not from aristocracy, or anything like that. "

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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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" I do believe in one true love. "

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" Cooking can cure almost anything. "

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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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" Laugh at yourself - a lot. My mum taught me not to take myself too seriously. "

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" I don't have to walk around in hats or find remote places to go for lunch! I don't get recognised that often. "

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" I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself. "

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" 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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" I get so excited about reading a new script. "

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" I just want a really varied career, and just to keep going, really. "

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" I regret not learning to drive when I was younger. "

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

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" You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play. "

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

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" 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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" 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. "

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" It's old news, me and my accent, but it always seems to make headlines. "

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" 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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" At the age of eight, I auditioned for 'The Sound of Music' and made it through to the third round, where we all stood in a row like the Von Trapp family and had to sing. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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. "

Michelle Dockery

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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