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" I am lucky in that I have never been depressed in my life, but this is the one thing which has really affected me: the loss of my mother as I knew her. "

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" Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub. "

" You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles. "

" It always staggers me when series don't use their sidekicks. "

" I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity. "

" From the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are the tops, but when their memory goes, you stop recouping the love you've put in. "

" When I came down south, I went to one of the early Wigan Challenge Cup victories at Wembley, and I was totally hooked from then. "

" People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am. "

" Dementia is often regarded as an embarrassing condition that should be hushed up and not spoken about. But I feel passionately that more needs to be done to raise awareness, which is why I became an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society. "

" You just suddenly think that there's something quite childish about acting. Basically, it's pretending, isn't it? It's good fun and I enjoy it, but it's a funny way of making a living, particularly when you make a very good wage, as I've been fortunate enough to do. "

" I catch an old 'Morse' on ITV3. I've never thought I looked particularly like my son. He's taller than me and blond. But when I see Lewis walk into a room with John Thaw, it's like my son has just come onto the screen. That's very strange indeed! "

" I suppose it's a sentimental thing, but I wouldn't want to do more 'Lewis' than we did 'Morse' because I do still think of it as an offshoot. "

" When you get to the end of a TV series, you feel totally out of sorts as an actor. You feel unfit; your voice box has collapsed on you because you've spent all day muttering into a microphone that's two inches from your head, and you feel desperate to spread your wings and do a bit of real thesping. "

" I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print. "

" I hate anything with 'celebrity' in the title, where people are playing to the cameras all the time. "

" Mum had regular mental tests with her specialist, but because of her academic background, she became brilliant at manipulating them. "

" People are very appreciative, and I'm always thrilled at how long the 'Morse' films have lasted. They seem to have an afterlife that goes on and on for decades, which is touching. "

" Oxford has a slightly mythical rep, particularly for people who haven't been there. "

" My family have been around Northumberland for five generations. "

" I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back. "

" I'm the captain of the Variety Club over in England, and so I'm playing golf for them once a week but doing odd bits. "

" In TV, you just have to decide the night before exactly how you're going to say it and stick with that. You can't kick it around; you haven't got time. "

" I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child. "

" My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady. "

" I don't see why it gives people the right to know about my private life if I don't want to talk about it. "

" I still remember going to a smart restaurant in Los Angeles, and the maitre d' knew my name and showed me straight to a table even though we hadn't booked. I get stopped for autographs by people from Sweden on the tops of mountains. "

" You're very aware in the theater by the response you get, but not so much on television, obviously. "

" I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly. "