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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Kevin Whately

Walking

World

Scenery

" 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 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. "

" You get pigeonholed. Some people are film stars, and some are theatre stars who do one-off telly. Somehow, I get into long-running series. "

" I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage. "

" When I have time, I really enjoy cooking. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit. "

" With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same. "

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

" I'm very good at being out of work. "

" 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. "

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

Kevin Whately

Always

Series

" Put me on telly, and I think I have a relaxation on camera that makes an audience relax, too. It's not a conscious thing. Cameras don't bother me, whereas other people try to perform to them. "

Kevin Whately

Relax

Think

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

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

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

Kevin Whately

Not Interested

Money

" McQueen is an astonishing film maker. He uses really unusual shots and builds incredible dramatic tension. "

" While I'm driving north, I'm already thinking about kippers - it's worth the journey just to have kippers for breakfast on Saturday. "

" When I get some time off, I like to go back to my roots in the North East. My family have been around Northumberland for five generations. "

Kevin Whately

Roots

Time

" I'm not very relaxed; I always need to be doing something. "

" 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. "

Kevin Whately

See

Detective

" 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. "