I can pretty much say all of us know when 'Downton' is going to end. This is a show with a finite life. Brendan Coyle downtonendfinite Change image and share on social
Am I a household name? I still can't get my head around that. Brendan Coyle headhousehold Change image and share on social
The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour. Brendan Coyle humourintelligencemis Change image and share on social
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. Brendan Coyle butcherchefcook Change image and share on social
I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. It's like rock n' roll here. 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. Brendan Coyle bbcbritainchannel share on social
I had to escape the destruction of my father's bankruptcy and all that difficulty. Brendan Coyle bankruptcydestructiondifficulty Change image and share on social
I would have loved to have been a footballer like my great uncle Matt Busby, but I knew quite early on that I wasn't going to make the grade. Luckily I was told by the age of 13 that I wasn't good enough. That's not a bad thing. You see this 'X Factor' generation of kids now who don't accept that they're not good enough. Brendan Coyle acceptagebad share on social
I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised. Brendan Coyle actordreamgamble Change image and share on social
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. Brendan Coyle heartlotsituation Change image and share on social