Kevin Whately Quotes

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

  Kevin Whately

  Children, Grandchildren, Grandchildren And Grandparents

  "Kevin Whately On Life Without Morse". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 2, 2007.

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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

  Relaxation, Trying, World

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• 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

  Alzheimer's, Circles, Way

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• With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.

  Kevin Whately

  Cancer, Fighting, Losing Control

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• I'm very good at being out of work.

  Kevin Whately

  Very Good

  "'If I wasn't in Lewis, I wouldn't watch it': TV detective Kevin Whately admits he has no idea why show is so popular" by Sue Crawford, www.mirror.co.uk. January 12, 2013.

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

  Kevin Whately

  Independent, Mary, Mum

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• People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.

  Kevin Whately

  Character, Thinking, Play

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• 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

  Exercise, Thinking, Brain

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• 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

  Baby, Memories, Love You

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

  Kevin Whately

  Factories, Feels

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• 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.

  Kevin Whately

  Alzheimer's, Needs, Done

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• I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

  Kevin Whately

  Sake, More Money, Not Interested

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Drama, Trying, Watches

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• Before my mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's, I had heard of the disease, but hadn't known anyone who had suffered from it.

  Kevin Whately

  Mother, Alzheimer's, Disease

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• I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child.

  Kevin Whately

  Children, Holiday

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• My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

  Kevin Whately

  Generations, My Family, Five

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• I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

  Kevin Whately

  People, Wish, Care

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• 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

  Couple, Years, Stage Actors

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• Being a grandparent is whole new phase in your life.

  Kevin Whately

  Grandparent, Phases, Whole

  "Kevin Whately On Life Without Morse". www.mirror.co.uk. March 2, 2007.

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• 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

  Ideas, Majority, Politician

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