And there are lots of moments when I think, ‘What am I doing as an actor? I can’t act!’

And there are lots of moments when I think, ‘What am I doing as an actor? I can’t act!’

There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!

I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!

America does not like people being not nice to dogs.

Sometimes people can be guilty of not working at relationships and if it's not working, oof, that's it.

I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc.