It always makes me laugh to think that I get to sit around and chat with people like Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi and get paid for it. Nicola Walker Read Quote
I’m a hoarder, but then, when it all gets too much, I turn into a ruthless chucker. I’m very good at clearing out and giving stuff away. But I’m equally skilled at shoving things in a cupboard, shutting the door, and calling that ‘cleared up.’ Nicola Walker Read Quote
We bought a sofa with the money I made from ‘Thunderbirds,’ and I’ve still got it, and we call it Thunderbird 1. That’s literally all I got out of the job. Nicola Walker Read Quote
I come from a family of scrap metal dealers, so becoming an actor seemed like a ridiculous thing to do, but I’d found the thing that gave me a kick, and I quickly became obsessed with it. Nicola Walker Read Quote
I find the whole ceremony of marriage a bit like going to work. Putting on a lovely dress and make-up, learning lines, someone doing your hair. Nicola Walker Read Quote
When I bought my first little flat, it was two bedrooms, so I got Sarah Phelps to live with me. My years-later-to-be husband was slightly thinking, ‘Why are you inviting your friends to live with you?’ I was very resistant to leaving my friends. Nicola Walker Read Quote
I live in dread that I might find myself in some sort of emergency, and everyone will turn to me and expect me to know what the correct procedures are. Nicola Walker Read Quote
I don’t really have a treasured possession, but I do love my family’s proper old photo album. We all have hundreds of photos on our phones now, but you can’t beat the old albums stuffed with black-and-white wedding photographs and 1970s Polaroids. Nicola Walker Read Quote
There aren’t many shows that encompass roles for a seven-year-old to someone in their 50s. Nicola Walker Read Quote
