My mum taught me always to see the funny side of things.
From Michelle Dockery
I love discovering tiny streets.
In my twenties, I was a bit of a worrier; it bothered me what people thought of me, what job I was doing.
I worked out; I moved 16 times from the age of 19, just hopping about from different flats, because I couldn't always afford to stay.
I wasn't an academic. I hated maths and science at school. I couldn't concentrate.
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.
I just want a really varied career, and just to keep going, really.
The whole acting game can sometimes be a bit false, and you meet a lot of people in it for the fame - so there's nothing I love more than going back to Essex.
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.
The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes.
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