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.
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People in L.A. think I'm so posh. They think I live in 'Downton Abbey.'
I'm not posh or common, I'm in between.
Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs.
'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is.
There was a time in my life when I was going in and out of houses that were extraordinarily different - from a working-class terrace in Northampton to the homes of friends who were really very wealthy. It was quite an odd position to be in, I realise looking back, and quite a nice one.
My house was very strange. I didn't do things other kids did because my parents were very strict - I stayed at home, quiet in my room.
I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so did everybody else.
I grew up in a very normal home.
I certainly never saw myself as posh.
If I walked into the kitchen without washing my hands as a kid, I'd hear a loud 'A-hem!' from my mother or grandmother. Now I count on other people to do the same.
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