A biography for Lesley Nicolhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm very lucky to have a husband who cooks, for a start. It's a good partnership. I met him through a friend, and we just hit it off.”
“As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.”
“One of the Sunday newspapers asked me to make my favorite dish, and they photographed me holding it in the kitchen. It was roasted salmon with roasted vegetables. That's not cooking; that's putting things in a pan. It looked quite nice, but I'm not saying it was good.”
“I have been invited to do something called 'Celebrity MasterChef' in England, which, of course, I can't do. It's complete nonsense. You have to be a decent cook to begin with. I'd be the joke one.”
“I met Bette Midler, who I absolutely love.”
“I quite like L.A.”