Quotes by Michelle Dockery

About Michelle Dockery:

Michelle Suzanne Dockery is a British actress and singer from Rush Green, England. She is best known for her role as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey (2010–present), for which she has been nominated for three consecutive Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
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There's no particular role that comes to mind that I'd like to take on, but for me, it's about playing interesting characters and not just two-dimensional ones.

Michelle Dockery

The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes.

Michelle Dockery

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

The kitchen is the most important place in any house. Visit your family, and that's where you'll end up. Go to a party, that's where everyone congregates.

Michelle Dockery

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

It's a bit of a history lesson, being an actor. I was in 'Burnt By The Sun' at the National, which was set in Stalinist Russia, so I discovered all about that. You learn so much as you go along.

Michelle Dockery

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

It's great to have a home and everything else that comes with it.

Michelle Dockery

A good friend of mine works at Oxfam and has been closely involved in the charity's aid efforts in Syria.

Michelle Dockery

Shakespeare's work is like a good song: you never really forget the main lines.

Michelle Dockery

Shakespeare is renewed each time you see it or read it. I've seen 'Midsummer Night's Dream' so many times, and each time it's a little different, or a different line leaps out at me. It's like re-reading a good book over and over, always noticing som...

Michelle Dockery

My mum taught me always to see the funny side of things.

Michelle Dockery

I'm quite surprised at how out of control I can be on stage because, actually, I find I like to be in control in life. It's quite freeing, really.

Michelle Dockery

I regret not learning to drive when I was younger.

Michelle Dockery

I think the first time I realised 'Downton Abbey' was a hit was when I was sitting in a tea shop in New York and the couple next to me were talking about 'Downton Abbey,' and then they recognised me.

Michelle Dockery

I don't get recognized all the time, but it tends to happen more in America, and people are so lovely when they do.

Michelle Dockery

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

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

I wasn't an academic. I hated maths and science at school. I couldn't concentrate.

Michelle Dockery

I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows...

Michelle Dockery

'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.

Michelle Dockery

Author Bio

  • NameMichelle Dockery
  • DescriptionBritish actress
  • BornDecember 15, 1981
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Singer; Jazz Musician