I don't like being shouted at.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity Ive met as a result of Downton Abbey.

I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.

The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.

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

I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare.

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

I believe anything can happen.

I always admire people who have passion.

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

Pleasure and pain are on the same side of the coin of human experience. The opposite is indifference or numbness.

If the way you've been treating me is a mark of fondness, maybe you'd better take a fresh look at your interpersonal communication skills.

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

The bigger a man's gun the smaller his doodlewick.

It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure of antagonism.

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.

Arizona is now recognized as a premier place in which to locate, expand and grow a business.

Here Lies Julius Schwartz. He met his last deadline.

O my mind,Make your speech egoless.Then everyoneWill appreciate, admire and adore you.

Good morrow, fair ones; pray you, if you know, Where in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheep-cote fenc'd about with olive trees?