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

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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. "

" 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. "

" I'm the captain of the Variety Club over in England, and so I'm playing golf for them once a week but doing odd bits. "

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" I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked. "

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" I catch an old 'Morse' on ITV3. I've never thought I looked particularly like my son. He's taller than me and blond. But when I see Lewis walk into a room with John Thaw, it's like my son has just come onto the screen. That's very strange indeed! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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