Kris Marshall

“I like playing characters who are really, really quite uncomfortable with life, uncomfortable in their own skin.”

“In terms of diet, when I'm home, I start the day with a cup of coffee, Weetabix, toast and some fruit. If I'm at the house for lunch, I might choose an omelette with green salad.”

“With the proliferation of social media, selfies are one of those modern diseases that unfortunately come with the territory, but they are beneficial in getting the word around about the show, and the popularity of 'Death In Paradise' has just exploded.”

“In the Caribbean the temperature never changes, the sun just goes down.”

“I really admire people who have the integrity and dignity to hold out for the best work, even if that means you're not going to work for six months. But I don't have that.”

“Brits and Australians have a similar sense of humour, obviously because of our links. It's more sort of jibbing and doesn't take itself too seriously.”

“I'm a qualified yacht skipper, so I do a lot of sailing.”

“I'm quite a deadbeat person. I like to mooch around and go on walks and laze.”

“Even if I look at other people's social media I feel addiction creeping up on me.”

“For years I didn't really fancy America. I hated it when I first went to LA, it's like a dirty Sydney. But having a job helped.”

“I used to worry about it quite a bit but now, not at all. I've got a roof over my head. I've got a little boy. Those are the main things.”

“Once, while exploring Seville Cathedral, I walked into a metal bar and gashed my head.”

“Prince Charles was a lot wittier than I thought he'd be, and passionate about the environment and architecture.”

“If you've got 30 people standing in a very small room with about 10 lights in 40 degree heat and 98% humidity, there's no air and it starts to drive you a bit mad!”

“I like to do everything, if I can. There's a lot of roles which I would have loved to have taken that went to other people.”

“Living up a hill in Bath affords me lots of walking opportunities.”

“I enjoy talking with my male friends, but a lot of them are not actors. If I'm talking to my peers, I wouldn't give out information that would be perceived as a sign of weakness.”

“I'd spent the whole summer working in Manchester filming Citizen Khan and then went straight into the last couple of weeks of my wife's pregnancy.”

“To be home for story time is brilliant. Even if after 14 hours of filming you're exhausted and just want to fall into bed.”

“Not everything has to be 'The Bridge' or 'The Wire'. Those shows are brilliant. But you have to invest your cerebellum in them.”