It's not just modern-day society that is liberal.

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

Because youve done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.

If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven.

When you're kissing a woman and you want it to look realistic, you're thinking, 'Am I taking advantage of her? Is her boyfriend going to think I'm over-stepping the mark? Whereas when you are kissing a man, those thoughts don't cross your mind. I'm more scared of it looking false, so I went for it fully to make it look real and hopefully I've achieved that.

You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior.

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!