Rob James-Collier quotes:

Beverly Hills is too intimidating. Everyone's got lovely teeth, so you don't want to smile. Everyone's ripped, so you start working out at 4 in the morning and eating egg white omelets.

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.

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

People identify with being heartbroken. We've all been heartbroken, haven't we? I've been dumped, and it feels horrible.

Working on 'Downton Abbey' is amazing, but there's an ensemble cast of between 18 and 21 actors. With 'Love Life,' there are two couples and a few other key characters. As a smaller unit, you've got to take more responsibility - at the same time, you can have more ownership of the direction it's going in.

When people accuse me of being really posh, I think, 'Hang on a minute - no, I'm not!'

America does not like people being not nice to dogs.

If you're going to kiss a man, let it be a beautiful man like Ed Speleers.

I got into acting for the different scenarios and roles and meeting different people.

My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.

Being in 'Coronation Street' is only going to make me a better actor.

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

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

I've swam with great white sharks.

It's hard being gay in Edwardian times.

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

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.

My dad doesn't watch 'Coronation Street.' But my mum is a massive fan. I'd like to think my dad will watch it for a few token episodes, as I'm in it.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who watched and tuned in and loved my evil gayness.

If you rile a tiger, he's going to show his claws.

You know if something is good because you remember the lines because it is written so well. The rhythm of the speech is spot on.

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

I'm a working class lad. So at 25, and with no-one in our family having any theatrical inclination, when I said, 'I'm going to scratch all that and become an actor,' I may as well have said I was going to be a Premiership footballer for the chance I'd have.

The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to gain a response - so these people who come up to you in the street are your audience.

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

I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What am I doing as an actor? I can't act!'

Because you've 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.

If youre going to kiss a man, let it be a beautiful man like Ed Speleers.

I'm a working class lad.

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!

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

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.