I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. Its like rock'n'roll here. Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.

I can pretty much say all of us know when 'Downton' is going to end. This is a show with a finite life.

You get a lot of people requesting photographs but I tend to keep myself to myself, pull my cap down.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I'm going to be 50 soon. I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful. By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.

I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.

You cant be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.