But that did sort of change your life in a way.

Well, yes a lot of very small people kind of say hello to me and that was nice.

There's a whole different lot of people.

Yes, but also so weird that they'd only know you for that one thing like you've never existed before.

No, I never had.

And except one kid once said to me. He said, "Were you were you really a cat?"

I said, "Just pull yourself together." How could I?

So that's Harry Potter a bit of your life which kind of changed your life, but then, Downton comes along.

Is That one of those things where you thought you were famous till you were in Downton?

No, I didn't think that at all.

It's only since Downton that people seem to know, you know, who stopped me and asked me but it's only since Downton and that's television for you.

Yes, it's common.

Funny enough, I was in Waitrose in Storrington my face, and a little boy was at the checkout with his mother and he kept looking at me.

And I thought what am I gonna do? But anyway.

[He] kept looking at me and looking at me and I said, "Can I help you?" and he said, "It's so right. It'll come to me in a minute."

So sweet, so lovely.

People come to me.

But the people coming up to you now like they're very Americans, well Americans, you know, they're not shy Americans.

No, but I don't go anywhere really where they can get at me.

It's usually in museums and art galleries and things so that limits things.

I Keep away from them and Harrods, I don't go near.

So are you in a way sort of glad that Downton's over?

Oh, yeah. No, I really am.

Because honestly, she was about... by the time we had her, she must have been 110. So I couldn't go on and on. I couldn't. It didn't make sense.

Alex, I know you're a big Downton fan.

I am. I shouted it a lot. Yeah, I do.

Yeah, we watch it and we shouted it because I'm not in it.

Have you ever watched that? You've not!

I've got the box set.