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I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.

Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.

My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.

I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.

I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.

When I was younger, I didn't want to be on TV.

I was 12 years old, so auditioning for a TV show was something I didn't even think really happened. The next thing you know, I ended up booking the gig and I did four seasons on 'Emily of New Moon.' I got to learn on the job and kept going from there.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

When I went to university, I was already working professionally with the Ulster Actors.

I know that I'm a quirky guy, to say the least. I don't know how easy I am to cast for a network. It hasn't been because I haven't tried. But am I dying to be on a TV show? No.