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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.
- Michelle Dockery
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#Dinner
#Hair
#Today
#Way
Laugh at yourself - a lot. My mum taught me not to take myself too seriously.
- Michelle Dockery
#Laugh
#Me
#Myself
#Seriously
#Yourself
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.
- Michelle Dockery
#Love
#People
#Powerful
#Wonderful
#Work
My godchildren went to see Taylor Swift in concert and got to meet her. They literally ran toward her and hugged her, and it was amazing. I got big bonus points for it. I'll remind them when they're teenagers.
- Michelle Dockery
#Amazing
#Big
#Her
#Meet
#See
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.
- Michelle Dockery
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#Job
#Lost
#Travel
#Want
I regret not learning to drive when I was younger.
- Michelle Dockery
#Drive
#Learning
#Regret
#Younger
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
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#Hear
#Past
#People
#Posh
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.
- Michelle Dockery
#End
#In The End
#Limits
#Me
#Time
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.
- Michelle Dockery
#Childhood
#Dad
#Growing Up
#Live
#Money
I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself.
- Michelle Dockery
#Acting
#Being Myself
#Myself
#Singing
I love discovering tiny streets.
- Michelle Dockery
#Discovering
#I Love
#Love
#Streets
#Tiny
I'm quite into the French way - simple elegance with just a suggestion of sexiness, nothing vulgar.
- Michelle Dockery
#Elegance
#Just
#Nothing
#Simple
#Way
I'm not from aristocracy, or anything like that.
- Michelle Dockery
#Anything
#Aristocracy
#Like
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.
- Michelle Dockery
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#Family
#Important
#Lost
#Me
I don't mind wearing a corset, it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch.
- Michelle Dockery
#Corset
#Mind
#Posture
#Way
#Your
Cooking can cure almost anything.
- Michelle Dockery
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#Anything
#Cooking
#Cure
The journey matters as much as the destination. By engaging in the moment on set, I've stopped rushing and now find pleasure in the collaborative process - the characters, the costumes - rather than worrying about the finished product.
- Michelle Dockery
#Destination
#Journey
#Moment
#Process
I do believe in one true love.
- Michelle Dockery
#Believe
#Love
#True Love
#True
'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.
- Michelle Dockery
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#Hope
#Me
#Mind
#Teacher
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