I've swam with great white sharks.

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

The devil always has the better tunes!

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

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.

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

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

It’s hard being gay in Edwardian times.

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.