British - Actor | September 23, 1976 -
There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!
Rob James-Collier
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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.
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America does not like people being not nice to dogs.
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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.
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When people accuse me of being really posh, I think, 'Hang on a minute - no, I'm not!'
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Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.
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I went to Huddersfield University Business School. That's where I learned my trade.
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Being in 'Coronation Street' is only going to make me a better actor.
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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.
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Particularly with internships, you have to work for a year with no money. How on Earth are you going to finance that?
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Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.
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If you're going to kiss a man, let it be a beautiful man like Ed Speleers.
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