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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Mum had regular mental tests with her specialist, but because of her academic background, she became brilliant at manipulating them. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print. "

" I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Dementia is often regarded as an embarrassing condition that should be hushed up and not spoken about. But I feel passionately that more needs to be done to raise awareness, which is why I became an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society. "

" My family have been around Northumberland for five generations. "

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

" The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory. "

" 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. "

" My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady. "

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

" I don't see why it gives people the right to know about my private life if I don't want to talk about it. "

" You're very aware in the theater by the response you get, but not so much on television, obviously. "

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

" 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. "

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

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