I had to escape the destruction of my fathers bankruptcy and all that difficulty.

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.

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

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

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