Top 33 Quotes & Sayings by Kris Marshall
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor Kris Marshall.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I'm a qualified yacht skipper, so I do a lot of sailing.
I like playing characters who are really, really quite uncomfortable with life, uncomfortable in their own skin.
Once, while exploring Seville Cathedral, I walked into a metal bar and gashed my head.
Literally every single job I've had for ages has been jetting off to far-flung places.
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 quite a deadbeat person. I like to mooch around and go on walks and laze.
As brilliant as those dark Scandi noir dramas are, not everything has to be shot down a Danish alleyway.
Especially in these times of austerity and the world feels like it's falling apart, it's good for people to have a laugh.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Living up a hill in Bath affords me lots of walking opportunities.
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!
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.
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.
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 really admire people who have the integrity and dignity to hold out for the best work, even if that means you're not going to work for six months. But I don't have that.
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 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.
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.
In the Caribbean the temperature never changes, the sun just goes down.
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.
I'm actually really bad at puzzles.
Not everything has to be 'The Bridge' or 'The Wire'. Those shows are brilliant. But you have to invest your cerebellum in them.
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.
Even if I look at other people's social media I feel addiction creeping up on me.
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.
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!
So I've never made a conscious decision to cajole people into thinking I'm not that slacker guy from 'My Family' anymore.
Prince Charles was a lot wittier than I thought he'd be, and passionate about the environment and architecture.
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.
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