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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.

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Learn, Think, TV, Forgetfulness

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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Stars, Some, Film, Film Stars

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.

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Love, Parent, Think, Love Is

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.

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Like, Going, Them, Dramas

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

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Like, Oxford, Spent, Pub

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.

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Think, More, Still, Lewis

I catch an old 'Morse' on ITV3. I've never thought I looked particularly like my son. He's taller than me and blond. But when I see Lewis walk into a room with John Thaw, it's like my son has just come onto the screen. That's very strange indeed!

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Thought, Screen, Very, Lewis

Put me on telly, and I think I have a relaxation on camera that makes an audience relax, too. It's not a conscious thing. Cameras don't bother me, whereas other people try to perform to them.

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Think, Audience, Other, Camera

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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Love, Trust, Sanctuary, Seals

I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back.

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Thought, Been, Very, Flop

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

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Like, Feels, Factory, Telly

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.

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Go, Reasons, Them, Hijacked

I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly.

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Think, Particularly, Courted

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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Always, Very, Which, Decades

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.

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Mountains, Booked, Tops, Table

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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Big, Working-Class, Town, Gown

Mum had regular mental tests with her specialist, but because of her academic background, she became brilliant at manipulating them.

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Brilliant, Became, Mum, Specialist

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

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Alzheimer, Disease, Before, Diagnosis

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.

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Feel, About, Became, Embarrassing

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.

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Voice, Desperate, TV, Microphone

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

Dialogue, Alzheimer, Round, Converse

McQueen is an astonishing film maker. He uses really unusual shots and builds incredible dramatic tension.

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Incredible, Tension, Maker, McQueen

Oxford has a slightly mythical rep, particularly for people who haven't been there.

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Been, Oxford, Slightly, Rep

I am lucky in that I have never been depressed in my life, but this is the one thing which has really affected me: the loss of my mother as I knew her.

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My Life, Lucky, Which, Depressed

I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.

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Actor, Couple, Took, Stuck

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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Like, TV, Which, Detest

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.

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More, Going, Production, Budget

I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit.

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Particularly, Quite A Bit, Fond

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.

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Over, Relaxation, Method, Lines

I'm the captain of the Variety Club over in England, and so I'm playing golf for them once a week but doing odd bits.

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Doing, England, Over, Odd

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