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

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" 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. "

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

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

" Let's just say I've never relied on my looks to make a living. "

" With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life. "

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

" I loved Martin Offiah, Andy Farrell and Shaun Edwards in that Wigan team, and they are still heroes today. They were outstanding players and great to watch. "

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

" I feel very at home in woodlands and could easily live there. I should have been one of Robin Hood's men. "

" 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! "

" Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife. "

" I'm not interested in more money for the sake of 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them. "

" You can see some very great theatre actors who don't work at all well on screen. They're trying too hard at it. "

" I wish people would take more care of the countryside. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love taking the boat to the Farne Islands, a few miles offshore. It has a National Trust bird sanctuary with seals and every sort of seabird you can imagine. "

" Being a grandparent is whole new phase in your life. "

" 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. "

" I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked. "

" I only really like to watch things like 'Time Team.' I'd rather be out walking the dog. It's all reality TV, which, as an actor, I detest. "