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" Keep watching 'The 100.' It's an incredible show, and that's my family. "
Ricky Whittle
Keep
Family
Incredible
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" 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. "
Ricky Whittle
Experience
Think
Football
" No one remembers the runner-up! "
Ricky Whittle
Remembers
Runner-Up
" 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
" 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
" 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'd do whatever it takes to stay in California; maybe not L.A. because it's so crazy. "
Ricky Whittle
Stay
Whatever
California
" I think anyone is lying if they say they don't want to win. "
Ricky Whittle
Win
Think
They Say
" First black Bond - that's my aim! That's the one! "
Ricky Whittle
Bond
First
Aim
" 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. "
Ricky Whittle
American
America
Childhood
" 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
" 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
" We need to sort the kids out and educate them properly. After all, they are our future. "
Ricky Whittle
Educate
Our
Need
" I was something of a late bloomer. "
Ricky Whittle
Bloomer
Late
Late Bloomer
" 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'm very competitive, and I want to be known to do well. "
Ricky Whittle
Well
Known
Competitive
" 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
" 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 don't want to embarrass myself on TV! "
Ricky Whittle
TV
Want
Myself
" Blood must not have blood... I don't stand for anyone bullying bullies. "
Ricky Whittle
Stand
Blood
Bullying
" 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'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 really have a new-found respect for dancers. "
Ricky Whittle
Respect
Dancers
Really
" 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 have an acting coach, a dialect coach, and just a great team around me. "
Ricky Whittle
Team
Me
Just
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I'm more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am. "
Ricky Whittle
Accent
Where
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