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" I have always thought beach weddings are beautiful. A sunset ceremony with a beautiful sky, white drapes and fire lanterns. "
Ricky Whittle
Sunset
Beach
Fire
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" I joined 'Hollyoaks' because in the long-term, I thought it's good money, it's good profile, and everything happens in soaps! "
Ricky Whittle
Soaps
Everything
Good
" I have an acting coach, a dialect coach, and just a great team around me. "
Ricky Whittle
Team
Me
Just
" The best food I've had was actually in catering at 'Single Ladies.' It's insane. I can't live in Atlanta. In fact, even if I'm offered, I'm not sure I could come back for another six months, because I'll just be fat. "
Ricky Whittle
Food
Live
Atlanta
" My little sister Debbie was born at Aldergrove, and my nan is from southern Ireland, so I do try and get over quite a bit. "
Ricky Whittle
Little
Over
Ireland
" I love L.A. I love America; it's fantastic. The people are friendly, and everyone's always smiling. The sun is always shining. My only problem is choosing what color shorts to wear. "
Ricky Whittle
Color
Sun
People
" My favourite compliment now is that people are talking about my acting, my craft - not my torso. "
Ricky Whittle
Now
Talking
People
" We need to sort the kids out and educate them properly. After all, they are our future. "
Ricky Whittle
Educate
Our
Need
" When you're living in L.A., you really do have to raise your game - you have to be the best 'you' possible. "
Ricky Whittle
Best
Living
Possible
" I'm very competitive, and I want to be known to do well. "
Ricky Whittle
Well
Known
Competitive
" I'm a huge sun baby. As soon as the sun comes out, my smile gets bigger, so I'm constantly smiling in L.A. It's a fantastic place to be. "
Ricky Whittle
Baby
Sun
Smiling
" You have to have chemistry - it's acting. I need to make people believe the rumba is about two people in love, and the tango is about passion. "
Ricky Whittle
Two
You
Believe
" I was something of a late bloomer. "
Ricky Whittle
Bloomer
Late
Late Bloomer
" I'm a great believer in the idea that if it's meant to be, it will be. "
Ricky Whittle
Will
Believer
Great
" I'm ambitious and I'm determined and I know where I'm going to be. It's not where I want to be, but where I'm going to be. "
Ricky Whittle
Know
Going
Determined
" I must have been 15 or 16 when I left Antrim Grammar, but I do remember having my first proper kiss when I lived there. "
Ricky Whittle
Lived
Grammar
Kiss
" I don't want to embarrass myself on TV! "
Ricky Whittle
TV
Want
Myself
" I think anyone is lying if they say they don't want to win. "
Ricky Whittle
Win
Think
They Say
" I believe it's my position as a partner to make the other feel secure. I'm very loving and very into my partners when I am with them. I just want them to feel safe. "
Ricky Whittle
Loving
Partner
Feel
" I really have a new-found respect for dancers. "
Ricky Whittle
Respect
Dancers
Really
" We try and give as much diversity to our show as possible. That's something that's very strong in our show: there are so many strong female leads in 'The 100.' "
Ricky Whittle
Possible
Try
Strong
" Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school. "
Ricky Whittle
Time
Black
Growing
" I've never liked my smile, you see. I should have had braces as a kid, but I was too proud and too vain. And I didn't want to be bullied at school. "
Ricky Whittle
Want
Proud
School
" I'm going to continue the dancing because it really was an inspiration; it changed my life. "
Ricky Whittle
My Life
Dancing
Inspiration
" Sometimes, when you've got a couple of females on the cast, you'll have a diva, or you'll have arguments. I've been on shows where girls haven't quite got on. "
Ricky Whittle
Sometimes
Cast
Where
" I actually spoke to one of the heads of a studio, and he said I confuse middle America. Basically, when they see a black person, they see athlete, they see rapper, or they see criminal or something like that. And then when they hear a British accent, they hear posh, so they hear lawyer or doctor. "
Ricky Whittle
America
Rapper
Lawyer
" My friends said I was crazy, but L.A. is the hub of the industry. It's the epicenter of the business. If I wanted to get above the plateau that I had reached in the U.K., I had to make that move. "
Ricky Whittle
Move
Said
Business
" The Ricky that the public see, whether it be on screen as a character, in public, or on social media, is very outgoing, and I'm a bit of a class clown. Then those who are closest to me know that I can be very sensitive. I can be quite insecure about myself. "
Ricky Whittle
Media
Social Media
Myself
" I'm just a big kid; I get excited. That's probably the one thing in life that I get really excited about is cars. "
Ricky Whittle
Big
One Thing
Life
" With 'Strictly,' I am mentally and physically knackered: everything aches. I knew it would be hard, but I never thought it would be this tough. "
Ricky Whittle
Never
Everything
Thought
" I've never used chat-up lines; I don't have the gift of the gab. "
Ricky Whittle
Never
Used
Gift