Kevin Whately Quotes

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

Kevin Whately

• Independent

From the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are the tops, but when their memory goes, you stop recouping the love you've put in.

Kevin Whately

• Time
• Parents
• Stop

Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.

Kevin Whately

• World
• Walking

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.

Kevin Whately

• Challenge

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

• Time
• Reality
• Team

Being a grandparent is whole new phase in your life.

Kevin Whately

• Life

Oxford is a funny place, as it is a mixture of town and gown. You have the students at the main university and at Oxford Brookes, but there is also a big working-class community.

Kevin Whately

• Funny
• Community

I'm very good at being out of work.

Kevin Whately

• Good
• Work

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

Kevin Whately

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.

Kevin Whately

• People
• Long

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

Kevin Whately

• Time
• Holiday