Quotes from Brendan Coyle

Acting meant so much to me.

I'd seen a play of 'Richard III' in Coventry when I was 15, which sowed the seeds that you could act for a living.

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I'm more rooted in new plays and new writing.

You get a lot of people requesting photographs but I tend to keep myself to myself, pull my cap down.

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.

If this TV success had come in my twenties and I'd become a heart-throb, I would have been very stupid. I would have got into a lot of situations that I really wished I hadn't.

I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.

I'm going to be 50 soon. I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful. By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.

It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

When I was in my 30s, I was at the end of a long-term relationship and going through a very hard time. I'd had about 15 different addresses and a series of relationships. I thought, 'It's time to have a look at yourself.'

Am I a household name? I still can't get my head around that.

My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I left school. I didn't enjoy it at the time but I love cooking now, so perhaps I would have been a chef.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful.

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

You can't be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.

I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision.

When I was in my 30s, I was at the end of a long-term relationship and going through a very hard time. I'd had about 15 different addresses and a series of relationships. I thought, 'It's time to have a look at yourself.'

My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I left school. I didn't enjoy it at the time but I love cooking now, so perhaps I would have been a chef.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

Sometimes I think I missed out on things like travelling. I'd have been terrified of missing an audition. I didn't start a family because that's not something I take lightly. Acting meant so much to me.