I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

I was a pretty difficult teenager.

But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there.

I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'

The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.