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.
— Kevin Whately
I wish people would take more care of the countryside.
My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.
People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.
You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory.
I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.
Dementia is often regarded as an embarrassing condition that should be hushed up and not spoken about. But I feel passionately that more needs to be done to raise awareness, which is why I became an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society.
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.
