Michelle Dockery Quotes

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

• People
• Wonderful
• Honour

In the early '20s, with the war over, there was a period of celebration, and you can see it in the fashion.

Michelle Dockery

• Fashion
• Celebration
• Periods

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

• Thinking
• Firsts
• Sitting

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

• Today
• Dinner
• Asks

Cooking can cure almost anything.

Michelle Dockery

• Cooking
• Cures

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

• People
• Working
• Backgrounds

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

Michelle Dockery

• Sides
• Taught
• Mum

The last time I cried? 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

• Teenager
• Concerts
• Cried

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.

Michelle Dockery

• Drama
• Written
• Periods

I love discovering tiny streets.

Michelle Dockery

• Streets
• Discovering

I get so excited about reading a new script.

Michelle Dockery

• Reading
• Excited
• Scripts