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" With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them. "

" 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! "

" Oxford has a slightly mythical rep, particularly for people who haven't been there. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The real reason I love Bamburgh is that it's the only place in the world where I ever truly relax. "

" People are very appreciative, and I'm always thrilled at how long the 'Morse' films have lasted. They seem to have an afterlife that goes on and on for decades, which is touching. "

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

" When I have time, I really enjoy cooking. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I loved Martin Offiah, Andy Farrell and Shaun Edwards in that Wigan team, and they are still heroes today. They were outstanding players and great to watch. "

" When I came down south, I went to one of the early Wigan Challenge Cup victories at Wembley, and I was totally hooked from then. "

" I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm not very relaxed; I always need to be doing something. "

" You can see some very great theatre actors who don't work at all well on screen. They're trying too hard at it. "

" With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me. "