Robson Green

“Anybody who tells me theyre not going to pay tax weve got an NHS system on its knees I tell you what, my son was in real trouble when he was young and we took him to the hospital, there were four specialists waiting for him. Thats why you pay your taxes.”

“I did a TV job, 'Aint Misbehavin, purely for the money. I was disappointed with myself and, inevitably, incredibly unhappy.”

“Considering all the amazing experiences Ive had in my career, Im useless when it comes to general life skills.”

“I love Hexham, where I live. And 'Grantchester' reminds me of Hexham a lot. Everything is alive; the birdsong, the flowers, the vegetation.”

“I always wanted to be an actor and wanted to sing and dance, I wanted to do lots of things, but at school I got ridiculed for it and bullied because of it.”

“By design were meant to eat fish and fish is good for you. Psychiatrists and therapists recommend it for depression, especially the omega-3 oils in mackerel.”

“Luckily inside, I feel like an 18-year-old, with the spirit inside me as adventurous and young as it ever was. I still have wide-eyed wonder about the amazing things I've seen, in an extraordinary life travelling all over the world for my career.”

“I dont want to go to LA or anything. I love working, but also cherish the time I get to spend at home with my son.”

“When I look at a script, I basically ask myself, 'Do I believe the relationships? Are they people like you and me?' I have to be able to see myself in it.”

“I get to be a real adventurer with my fishing work. The acting work is free, I always say I get paid for the waiting around.”

“When I looked at the family tree and at where my ancestors lived, it was places like Rothbury and Tropton! I was going, 'No, that can't be the reason why I feel so at home there.' But could it be in my DNA? It's kind of shocking.”

“I get up at five in the morning if the schedule demands it and with all my lines learned.”

“I grew up in the mining village of Dudley in Northumberland. My father, who was also called Robson Green, worked down the pits.”

“Mining is one of the most dangerous jobs out there, and it shapes and crafs a particular type of person.”

“Im in the last third of my life, all right, and I just want to have fun. I want to do things that make me genuinely happy, and Grantchester is a happy place, it really is.”

“In television - not film, and not factual, nothing else - within television, likeability is everything, and relatability is everything.”

“I went for officer training to be a fighter pilot, but never got past the aptitude test. So I decided to put on makeup and ponce about in front of a camera.”

“Fishing's such a beautiful activity which makes perfect sense to me. It's like a therapy, because you are surrounded by nature, and that helps you get a proper rhythm for life.”

“I don't come from a theatrical background, but my mum and dad had fantastic taste in cinema and TV and I loved watching what they watched.”

“I never go fishing on a full stomach. If we are allowed to, we always eat what we catch. Were eating food as fresh as it can be.”