Rob James-Collier
Rob James-Collier
Robert James-Collier is a British actor and model. He is known for his roles as Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey and as Liam Connor in Coronation Street...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth23 September 1976
beverly eating egg hills lovely morning smile white
Beverly Hills is too intimidating. Everyone's got lovely teeth, so you don't want to smile. Everyone's ripped, so you start working out at 4 in the morning and eating egg white omelets.
cast couples direction ensemble few key life love ownership responsibility smaller time
Working on 'Downton Abbey' is amazing, but there's an ensemble cast of between 18 and 21 actors. With 'Love Life,' there are two couples and a few other key characters. As a smaller unit, you've got to take more responsibility - at the same time, you can have more ownership of the direction it's going in.
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My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.
determination jobs giving
Because youve done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.
modern modern-day
It's not just modern-day society that is liberal.
thinking games careers
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.
people sometimes guilty
Sometimes people can be guilty of not working at relationships and if it's not working, oof, that's it.
drama proud facts
I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!
dog nice america
America does not like people being not nice to dogs.
gay being-gay hard
It's hard being gay in Edwardian times.
comfort passionate driven
If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven.
real kissing men
When you're kissing a woman and you want it to look realistic, you're thinking, 'Am I taking advantage of her? Is her boyfriend going to think I'm over-stepping the mark? Whereas when you are kissing a man, those thoughts don't cross your mind. I'm more scared of it looking false, so I went for it fully to make it look real and hopefully I've achieved that.
evil want saying-thank-you
I just want to say thank you to everyone who watched and tuned in and loved my evil gayness.
thinking actors moments
And there are lots of moments when I think, ‘What am I doing as an actor? I can’t act!’