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" Once people start to realise that colour is just that, it's just a colour, then things got a bit smoother. "
Ricky Whittle
People
Colour
Got
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" 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. "
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You
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" We need to sort the kids out and educate them properly. After all, they are our future. "
Ricky Whittle
Educate
Our
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" 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
" Sometimes, when you've got a couple of females on the cast, you'll have a diva, or you'll have arguments. I've been on shows where girls haven't quite got on. "
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Cast
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" I really have a new-found respect for dancers. "
Ricky Whittle
Respect
Dancers
Really
" As in all TV shows, and especially a show called 'Mistresses,' all is not going to be as it seems. "
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TV Shows
Seems
Going
" I think anyone is lying if they say they don't want to win. "
Ricky Whittle
Win
Think
They Say
" No one remembers the runner-up! "
Ricky Whittle
Remembers
Runner-Up
" 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. "
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Know
Going
Determined
" I remember 'Rain Man' with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman with all the Lamborghinis being lifted off the tanker. I was obsessed with this car. Absolutely obsessed with this car. It was my dream, and to finally drive one and own one was incredible. "
Ricky Whittle
Remember
Drive
Car
" First black Bond - that's my aim! That's the one! "
Ricky Whittle
Bond
First
Aim
" I'm more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am. "
Ricky Whittle
Accent
Where
More
" I'm a huge sun baby. As soon as the sun comes out, my smile gets bigger, so I'm constantly smiling in L.A. It's a fantastic place to be. "
Ricky Whittle
Baby
Sun
Smiling
" Even in 'Hollyoaks,' we were known as 'the black family' as opposed to just 'the new family.' But that's where we are in the world, I guess. It's getting better; everything's heading in the right direction, whether it be race, sex, gender. "
Ricky Whittle
Direction
Gender
Black
" I joined 'Hollyoaks' because in the long-term, I thought it's good money, it's good profile, and everything happens in soaps! "
Ricky Whittle
Soaps
Everything
Good
" Blood must not have blood... I don't stand for anyone bullying bullies. "
Ricky Whittle
Stand
Blood
Bullying
" 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
" 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'm going to continue the dancing because it really was an inspiration; it changed my life. "
Ricky Whittle
My Life
Dancing
Inspiration
" The best food I've had was actually in catering at 'Single Ladies.' It's insane. I can't live in Atlanta. In fact, even if I'm offered, I'm not sure I could come back for another six months, because I'll just be fat. "
Ricky Whittle
Food
Live
Atlanta
" I was something of a late bloomer. "
Ricky Whittle
Bloomer
Late
Late Bloomer
" 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 have an acting coach, a dialect coach, and just a great team around me. "
Ricky Whittle
Team
Me
Just
" 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'm just a big kid; I get excited. That's probably the one thing in life that I get really excited about is cars. "
Ricky Whittle
Big
One Thing
Life
" I'm a great believer in the idea that if it's meant to be, it will be. "
Ricky Whittle
Will
Believer
Great
" When you're younger, you do take things personally. "
Ricky Whittle
You
Younger
Take
" 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
" 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
" Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school. "
Ricky Whittle
Time
Black
Growing