Quotes from Kris Marshall

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I'm actually really bad at puzzles.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.