I don't like being shouted at.

- Lesley Nicol

I want to have a scene with Maggie Smith.

- Lesley Nicol

I think I should be a nightclub singer. I love to sing!

- Lesley Nicol

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

- Lesley Nicol

I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since Ive been in Downton Abbey, which has made me much more fashion conscious.

- Lesley Nicol

I believe anything can happen.

- Lesley Nicol

As an actor, you never know where the works going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.

- Lesley Nicol

Ive been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.

- Lesley Nicol

Ive not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.

- Lesley Nicol