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" I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it. "
Kevin Whately
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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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" With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me. "
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" 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. "
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" You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles. "
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" I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit. "
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" 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. "
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" I feel very at home in woodlands and could easily live there. I should have been one of Robin Hood's men. "
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