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Kevin Whately
English
Actor
Born:
Feb 6
,
1951
Because
Been
Me
People
Time
You
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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
Try
Problems
Enjoy
Relaxation
Wildlife
Solve
Scenery
Main
Over
Go
Method
Lines
Walking
Just
With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same.
Kevin Whately
Love
You
Own
Immediately
Exactly
Exactly The Same
Same
Children
Grandchildren
Them
Your
The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory.
Kevin Whately
You
Telly
More
Factory
Feels
Like
I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child.
Kevin Whately
Since
Been
Child
Going
Holidays
I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.
Kevin Whately
Stage
Took
Television
Stuck
Couple
Got
Years
Get
Wanted
Used
Actor
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.
Kevin Whately
Me
Problems
Think
Enough
TV
Learn
Exercise
Lines
Brain
Forgetfulness
Any
Scripts
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.
Kevin Whately
Try
Dramas
Detective
See
Never
Like
Liked
Going
Them
Watch
You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
Kevin Whately
You
Others
Circles
Way
Tends
Alzheimer
Dialogue
Go
Converse
Round
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
Best
Politicians
Possible
Hijacked
Ideas
Majority
Because
Go
Huge
End
Up
Suspect
Being
Them
Full
Reasons
Fascinated
Being a grandparent is whole new phase in your life.
Kevin Whately
Life
New
Being
Grandparent
Your
Whole
Phase
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
Love
Time
You
Memory
Love Is
Parents
Whatever
Think
Baby
Tops
Parent
Unconditional
Put
Goes
Tiny
Stop
Your
I'm very good at being out of work.
Kevin Whately
Work
Good
Out
Very
Being
I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it. You're aware that if you're nicking all the budget, somebody else is getting threepence ha'penny, or the production values aren't going to be so high.
Kevin Whately
You
Money
Values
Somebody
Else
High
More
Budget
Sake
Getting
Going
Not Interested
Interested
Production
Production Values
Aware
Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub.
Kevin Whately
Time
Spent
Bit
Plenty
Like
Oxford
Being
Holiday
Pub
I still remember going to a smart restaurant in Los Angeles, and the maitre d' knew my name and showed me straight to a table even though we hadn't booked. I get stopped for autographs by people from Sweden on the tops of mountains.
Kevin Whately
Me
People
Remember
Smart
Mountains
Booked
Though
Tops
Restaurant
Table
Angeles
Knew
Name
Still
Los
Los Angeles
Get
Going
Stopped
Autographs
Straight
Sweden
Even
You're very aware in the theater by the response you get, but not so much on television, obviously.
Kevin Whately
You
Television
Response
Obviously
Very
Get
Theater
Much
Aware
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
Films
Lasted
Appreciative
Seem
Touching
Thrilled
Morse
Always
How
Very
Decades
Goes
Afterlife
Which
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
Dog
Out
TV
Rather
Only
Detest
Like
Walking
Which
Reality TV
Really
Team
Actor
Things
Watch
I suppose it's a sentimental thing, but I wouldn't want to do more 'Lewis' than we did 'Morse' because I do still think of it as an offshoot.
Kevin Whately
Think
More
Morse
Suppose
Because
Still
Than
Did
Want
Sentimental
Thing
Lewis
I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit.
Kevin Whately
Past
Bit
About
Fond
Particularly
Quite
Quite A Bit
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.
Kevin Whately
You
Theatre
People
Some People
Stars
Telly
Some
Somehow
Long-Running
Pigeonholed
Get
Who
Series
Film
Film Stars
When I have time, I really enjoy cooking.
Kevin Whately
Time
Cooking
Enjoy
Really
You can see some very great theatre actors who don't work at all well on screen. They're trying too hard at it.
Kevin Whately
Work
Great
You
Theatre
Too
On-Screen
See
Some
Well
Very
Trying
Screen
Hard
Who
Actor
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.
Kevin Whately
Funny
Good
You
Pretending
Childish
Enjoy
Living
Think
Enough
Funny Way
Way
About
Something
Particularly
Make
Making
Making A Living
Wage
Been
Very
Quite
Just
Acting
Fortunate
Fun
Suddenly
Good Fun
Basically
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.
Kevin Whately
Day
You
Desperate
Spent
Bit
Collapsed
All Day
Out
TV
TV Series
Totally
Wings
Voice
Head
Feel
Sort
Box
Because
Real
Spread
End
Get
Microphone
Unfit
Your
Inches
Series
Actor
Two
I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage.
Kevin Whately
Walk
Stage
Characters
Like
Obviously
Moment
Who
Villains
Two-Dimensional
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