Rob James-Collier

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

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.

I went to Huddersfield University Business School. That's where I learned my trade.

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.

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'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.

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!'

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

Particularly with internships, you have to work for a year with no money. How on Earth are you going to finance that?