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" McQueen is an astonishing film maker. He uses really unusual shots and builds incredible dramatic tension. "
Kevin Whately
Incredible
Dramatic
Film
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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. "
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Play
I Am
People
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
Enjoy
Good
Funny
" 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
Like
Roots
Time
" Mum had regular mental tests with her specialist, but because of her academic background, she became brilliant at manipulating them. "
Kevin Whately
Mental
Brilliant
Had
" I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit. "
Kevin Whately
Past
Particularly
About
" Let's just say I've never relied on my looks to make a living. "
Kevin Whately
Living
Say
Never
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
Work
Thought
Thinking
" I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print. "
Kevin Whately
Like
About
Complain
" I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to. "
Kevin Whately
Actor
Years
Used
" Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub. "
Kevin Whately
Being
Time
Pub
" It always staggers me when series don't use their sidekicks. "
Kevin Whately
Always
Series
Me
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
Bird
Love
Sanctuary
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
Sentimental
Because
More
" I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child. "
Kevin Whately
Since
Going
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. "
Kevin Whately
Watch
Reality
Dog
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
Day
Voice
Feel
" Being a grandparent is whole new phase in your life. "
Kevin Whately
Your
Being
Phase
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
Feel
Society
Dementia
" My family have been around Northumberland for five generations. "
Kevin Whately
Family
Around
Been
" I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly. "
Kevin Whately
Think
Wanted
Fame
" The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory. "
Kevin Whately
Like
You
Telly
" 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
Me
Relax
Think
" My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady. "
Kevin Whately
Confident
Lady
Always
" I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it. "
Kevin Whately
Not Interested
Money
More
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
Life
Want
See
" You're very aware in the theater by the response you get, but not so much on television, obviously. "
Kevin Whately
Response
You
Aware
" I feel very at home in woodlands and could easily live there. I should have been one of Robin Hood's men. "
Kevin Whately
Hood
Home
Feel
" 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. "
Kevin Whately
You
People
Some People
" You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles. "
Kevin Whately
You
Alzheimer
Others
" While I'm driving north, I'm already thinking about kippers - it's worth the journey just to have kippers for breakfast on Saturday. "
Kevin Whately
Thinking
Breakfast
Journey