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" I think anyone is lying if they say they don't want to win. "
Ricky Whittle
Win
Think
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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! "
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Soaps
Everything
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" 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. "
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Want
Proud
School
" 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. "
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Two
You
Believe
" I'm not as stupid as some people think. I've got a degree in law. "
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Stupid
Some People
People
" Keep watching 'The 100.' It's an incredible show, and that's my family. "
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Keep
Family
Incredible
" Blood must not have blood... I don't stand for anyone bullying bullies. "
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Blood
Bullying
" I'm a big fan of old, classic American musclecars like a Shelby GT or the '69 Dodge Charger, cars that inspired me through my childhood. They used to get me real excited when I was a kid. To own one and actually be able to drive them in America is a little of a dream. "
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American
America
Childhood
" 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
" Once people start to realise that colour is just that, it's just a colour, then things got a bit smoother. "
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People
Colour
Got
" As in all TV shows, and especially a show called 'Mistresses,' all is not going to be as it seems. "
Ricky Whittle
TV Shows
Seems
Going
" I'm going to continue the dancing because it really was an inspiration; it changed my life. "
Ricky Whittle
My Life
Dancing
Inspiration
" 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. "
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America
Rapper
Lawyer
" I really have a new-found respect for dancers. "
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Respect
Dancers
Really
" 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'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
" 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
" When you're younger, you do take things personally. "
Ricky Whittle
You
Younger
Take
" No one should ever suffer in silence. Bullies thrive in silence. "
Ricky Whittle
Should
Silence
Suffer
" 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'm a great believer in the idea that if it's meant to be, it will be. "
Ricky Whittle
Will
Believer
Great
" They say that no one walks in L.A., and it's definitely true, and I'm embracing that. "
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They Say
Say
Embracing
" 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
" My favourite compliment now is that people are talking about my acting, my craft - not my torso. "
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Now
Talking
People
" I don't want to embarrass myself on TV! "
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TV
Want
Myself
" As actors, when you can't be in the room with the casting director or the producers, you put yourself on tape and send it off. "
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Yourself
You
Send
" Even in 'Hollyoaks,' we were known as 'the black family' as opposed to just 'the new family.' But that's where we are in the world, I guess. It's getting better; everything's heading in the right direction, whether it be race, sex, gender. "
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Direction
Gender
Black
" I don't think anything can prepare you for the 'Strictly' experience. It really is insane. I mean, I played football, rugby, American football. I go to the gym. I like to think I'd be quite fit, and I don't have much fat on me to lose, and yet I still lost a stone and half and three inches off my waist. "
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Experience
Think
Football
" 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. "
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Move
Said
Business
" I'm very competitive, and I want to be known to do well. "
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Well
Known
Competitive
" If things are said maliciously, and they're meant to hurt, then that's the sort of thing we need to try and stamp out. "
Ricky Whittle
Said
Need
Hurt