Nicola Charles Quotes
I've been mugged in London. I was on the tube going from Oxford Street to Tottenham Court Road. This was at a time when there were a lot of IRA bombings going on. I was about 18 years old and I looked like I was from the country, because I had rosey cheeks and curly hair, flowery dress. You only wear black in London, otherwise they know that you are not from there. The doors opened at Oxford Street and the alarms went off and they said that everyone had to stay on the train because there was a bomb scare. It was jam-packed and I just remember feeling this enormous pain like an axe had hit me and I'd been punched in the head. I fell to the ground and was kicked in the face. I just felt this wet sensation which of course was my own blood because they had broken my nose, and it was all over me. I thought the train must have crashed and then I'd passed out. I came around with an old lady shaking me and saying "They've got your purse love," and when I got to the barrier the ticket guy called the police to have me arrested because I didn't have my ticket!
Mmmmm, I won't allow myself to say stuff like 'G'Day' and 'this arvo'. They often put words like that in my script but I get rid of them. My character on Neighbours was born in Tasmania and lived in London for 14 years, so I think my accent is as correct as I can get it. I've tried so hard to not sound too Australian. You've got me worried now.
I hoped I'd be in the 100, but to be number 2 is way beyond it. Thanks guys, but you watch too much television.
I like men to wear the pants. I like them to be in control. I like to think that I'm in control, but if push comes to shove I like to know that they've got everything in hand. And I like to feel that mentally they are my equal, or better.
I believe my job as a Producer is to "Incite Greed and Allay Fear."
I once agreed to participate in an 'at home' interview for the Australian Gardening show "Burke's Back Yard". During filming and whilst I was walking them around my Melbourne home they seemed perfectly nice. When my interview aired the following month they tail ended the segment with an on-screen quote that said "Being born beautiful is like being born rich, and then gradually growing poorer". It was quite frankly one of the meanest things that has ever been done to me and an example of the famed Australian 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' at its finest.
That's quite easy actually. The most regular piece of advice my friends give me on life is "Nic, take your foot off the pedal sometimes." Because I've only ever had one 'holiday' in my adult life which I took after signing my record deal with Mushroom. Sitting on a beach for two weeks when I know there is work to be done at home just kills me. It is quite honestly my idea of hell.
I'm a closet Sci-Fi fan. I like the corners of my mind bent in. I like to believe that simply because there are things that we cannot see does not mean that they do not exist.
History was my favorite subject at school. But I was lied to. My education was a rip off. I was taught that Oliver Cromwell was a hero. When in fact I have since learned that he was a narrow minded, over-bearing, bullying bigot of extremist proportions. He was a Puritan vs all things Catholic. When he took the town of Hastings during the English Civil War he massacred the entire town, men, women and children because the town was Catholic. That said, for all his vile narrow-mindedness he also reintroduced the Jews back into the UK for the first time in 400 years. Allowing them to build synagogues etc. A dichotomy for sure.
