Stephen Moyer adapts to US and UK life

True Blood star Stephen Moyer has revealed that he finds it easy moving between the UK, where he was born, and the US where he lives with wife Anna Paquin.

The 42-year-old, who will be seen in the new series of the show on FX from Sunday night, was born in Essex but now lives in Los Angeles - and said his life varies according to where he happens to be.

"When I'm here I tend to drink coffee all day. And when I'm in England, I don't even think of drinking coffee, I only drink tea," he admitted.

"And if I'm making toast here I have peanut butter and jam, and I would never dream of doing that in the UK, I'd have Marmite. I skateboard everywhere here, and I just wouldn't do that in London."

However he revealed that some of his English phrases still confuse his American friends. "I'll say, 'I'm popping out for a cheeky fag' and they'll say, 'Why is it cheeky?' Or if I say, 'You saucy moo' it's, 'What is saucy?'"

He also pointed out that his US career on the vampire-themed show only really took off when he made the decision to return home to the UK.

"The interesting thing about it, honestly, is that I wasn't looking for it any more," he said.

"I had decided I wasn't going to come to America that year for pilot season. And of course as soon as you say no, the bosses are much more interested than they usually are."