A biography for Michelle Dockeryhasn’t been written yet.
“A good friend of mine works at Oxfam and has been closely involved in the charity's aid efforts in Syria.”
“Until I was 27, I'd maybe been to America once and, like, Ibiza when I was 18. That was it.”
“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.”
“In my twenties, I was a bit of a worrier; it bothered me what people thought of me, what job I was doing.”
“'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.”
“I can be so blown away by story lines.”
“I get so excited about reading a new script.”
“I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself.”
“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.”
“'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.”
“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.”
“I'm the youngest of three sisters, and my parents have always encouraged all of us to do whatever made us happy.”
“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.”
“I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.”
“I regret not learning to drive when I was younger.”