Kris Marshall

I lived in Canada when I was younger and my parents bought a 1970s caravan. My earliest holiday memory is driving it down the East Coast of the United States to Florida, where we went to Walt Disney World.

So I've never made a conscious decision to cajole people into thinking I'm not that slacker guy from 'My Family' anymore.

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.

Literally every single job I've had for ages has been jetting off to far-flung places.

So even though 'Sanditon' was filmed in Gloucestershire on the coast, which was gorgeous, it meant I could finish work, get home, and do a few bedtime stories.

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.

You'll see a lot of actors doing adverts. There's a reason why. I could probably buy a castle if it were in somewhere like Lithuania. Not this country.

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

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

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.

Try backpacking in Indonesia and taking boats between the islands, or catching a bus from Marrakech to Essaouira in the middle of the night, with an eight-foot board. It's just impossible!

But now that I'm approaching my mid-forties and have a child, I realise more than ever that I need to look after myself. I like to keep fit and enjoy swimming and cycling.

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

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.

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.

Especially in these times of austerity and the world feels like it's falling apart, it's good for people to have a laugh.

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.

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.

You have an ideal of masculinity to live up to, and then there's everything else on top. You have to be a perfect husband. You have to be in shape. Apart from alcohol and exercise, there are very few outlets for men.

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.

I spent about eight months of my year on 'Death in Paradise', so it doesn't leave a massive amount of time to do other stuff.

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

I always hoped I'd end up playing a lot cooler roles. I do end up playing quite a lot of idiot savants, and I've actually started to revel in that slightly.

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