Kevin Whately Quotes
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My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.
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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.
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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.
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I'm very good at being out of work.
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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.
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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.
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I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print.
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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.
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It always staggers me when series don't use their sidekicks.
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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.
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Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub.